At another time, Dinocrates, the Messenian, having drunk too much at a merrymeeting in Rome, danced there in woman’s clothes, and the next day addressed himself to Titus for assistance in his design to get Messene out of the hands of the Achaeans.
”This,” replied Titus, “will be matter for consideration; my only surprise is that a man with such purposes on his hands should be able to dance and sing at drinking parties.”
Source:
Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Flamininus." Plutarch's Lives. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 513. Print.
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