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 Philox’enos of Cythra.Philt’er (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Philox’enos of Leucadia.
 
A great epicure, who wished he had the neck of a crane, that he might enjoy the taste of his food the longer. (Aristotle: Ethics, iii. 10.)   1
 


 Philox’enos of Cythra.Philt’er (A). 

 
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