παροψωνεῖν δ᾽ ἔφη Κρατῖνος ἐν Κλεοβουλίναις οὕτως ... παραγοράζειν δὲ Ἄλεξις ἐν Δρωπίδῃ. εἰλέατροι δὲ καλοῦνται, ὥς φησι Πάμφιλος, οἱ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν καλοῦντες τράπεζαν παρὰ τὸ ἐλεόν. Ἀρτεμίδωρος δ᾽ αὐτοὺς δειπνοκλήτορας ὀνομάζει, 71. ἐκάλουν δέ, φησί, καὶ τοὺς προγεύστας ἐδεάτρους,1 ὅτι προήσθιον τῶν βασιλέων πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν. νῦν δὲ ὁ ἐδέατρος ἐπιστάτης γέγονε τῆς ὅλης διακονίας, ἦν δ᾽ ἐπιφανὴς καὶ ἔντιμος ἡ χρεία. Χάρης γοῦν ἐν τῇ γ τῶν ἱστοριῶν [p. 278]
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