The most famous idle men of ancient times were the famous parasites.\u00a0People of the slums, whether outcasts and marginals or by conviction sloppy and lazy, obviously corrupt and lewd, members of the underworld of the big cities, sometimes illegal and criminals, sometimes spies and traitors, sometimes cunning and brazen, the parasites – as stated by the their name \u2013 they fed for free in the homes of the rich, mainly their fellow citizens, during festive banquets, receptions and luxurious dinners, offering \u2013 in return for the more or less, good or bad quality food they obtained \u2013 plenty of laughter in companionship of the host.\u00a0Their bodies and dignity were constantly at the disposal of fellow scientists, who used the parasites as vile dummies,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The most famous idle men of ancient times were the famous parasites.\u00a0People of the slums, whether outcasts and marginals or by conviction sloppy and lazy, obviously corrupt and lewd, members of the underworld of the big cities, sometimes illegal and criminals, sometimes spies and traitors, sometimes cunning and brazen, the parasites – as stated by the their name \u2013 they fed for free in the homes of the rich, mainly their fellow citizens, during festive banquets, receptions and luxurious dinners, offering \u2013 in return for the more or less, good or bad quality food they obtained \u2013 plenty of laughter in companionship of the host.\u00a0Their bodies and dignity were constantly at the disposal of fellow scientists, who used the parasites as vile dummies,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2114,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[455,445],"product_tag":[],"authors":[355],"translators":[425],"class_list":{"0":"post-2633","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ancient-greek-authors","7":"product_cat-humour","8":"authors-alcifron","9":"translators-tsaknakis-athanasios-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n