He obtained other prizes in other Grecian games, and even contended with the heralds as a crier.

The vanity of Nero was astonishing, but so was that of most of his successors.

The Roman emperors were the sublimest coxcombs in history.

In men born to stations which are beyond ambition, all aspirations run to seed.
[118] Plut.

in Sympos.
[119] It does not appear that at Elis there were any of the actual contests in music and song which made the character of the Pythian games.