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It is in the case of this man and of his property that you have erected a monument
of your crimes and cruelty even on Mount Eryx itself; on which is inscribed the name
Sthenius of Thermae. I saw a Cupid made of silver, with a torch. What object had
you,—what reason was there for employing the plunder of Sthenius on that
subject rather than on any other? Did you wish it to be a token of your own
cupidity, or a trophy of your friendship and connection of hospitality with him, or
a proof of your love towards him? Men, who in their excelling wickedness are pleased
not only with their lust and pleasure itself, but also with the fame of their
wickedness, do wish to leave in many places the marks and traces of their crimes.
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