Nigrinus

Lucian of Samosata

The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, H. W. and Fowler, F.G., translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.

Such pleasures are rank solecism.’ One observation of his in the same spirit fairly caps the famous censure of Momus. Momus found fault with the divine artificer for not putting his bull’s horns in front of the eyes. Similarly, Nigrinus complained that when these men crown themselves in their banquets, they put the garlands in the wrong place; if they are so fond of the smell of violets and roses, they should tie on their garlands as close as may be under their nostrils; they could then snuff up the smell to their hearts’ content.