De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam

Lucian of Samosata

Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, A. M., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.

SIMON A great many; among them, Aristoxenus the musician, who deserves great consideration.[*](The MSS. add: “and he himself was parasite to Neleus.” Both were pupils of Aristotle. Aristoxenus wrote a life of Plato, which was used by Diogenes Laertius. ) That Euripides was parasite to Archelaus until he died, and Anaxarchus to Alexander, you surely know.