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Verres being furiously
enraged against Sthenius, renounces the connection of hospitality with him, leaves
his house, and departs; 1 for, indeed,
he had moved his quarters before. The greatest enemies of Sthenius immediately
invite him to their houses, in order to inflame his mind against Sthenius by
inventing lies and accusing him. And these enemies were, Agathinus, a man of noble
birth, and Dorotheus, who had married Callidama, the daughter of that same
Agathinus, of whom Verres had heard. So he preferred migrating to the son-in-law of
Agathinus. Only one night elapsed before he became so intimate with Dorotheus, that,
as one might say, they had everything in common. He paid as great attention to
Agathinus as if he had been some connection or relation of his own. He appeared even
to despise that statue of Himera, because the figure and features of his hostess
delighted him much more.
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