"Prytaneum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... laws he had the privilege of proposing a substitution for his punishment, which would have been accepted,—exile for instance; but, with a provoking and yet amusing irony, he asked to be supported at the public expense in the Prytaneum: that is, he asked for the highest honor of the republic. For a condemned criminal to ask this ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume I • John Lord
... nourish it. They have no other raison d'etre. Were men as intelligent as bees, all gifted individuals would be supported by the community, as the bees support their queen. We should be the first charge on the state just as Socrates declared that he should be kept in the Prytaneum at the public expense. ...
— Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) - His Life and Confessions • Frank Harris |
