And for this raising of ethical problems in an artistic setting of narrative, cf.
Lyly.

I see a certain resemblance between the times and the writers' minds.

_Vide_ J.A.Symonds on the predecessors of Shakespeare.
Araspas' point is that these scamps have only themselves to blame, being {akrateis}, and then they turn round and accuse love.

(We are thrown back on the origin of {akrasia}: _vide Memorabilia_ [e.g.

I.ii.