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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS |
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PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food) , literally " mess
mate ," a term
idea of reproach or contempt, as in later times. The early parasites may be divided into two classes, religious and civil. The former were assistants of the priests, their chief
chief
Plautus ; and Alciphron and Athenaeus (vi. 236 sqq.) give instances of the insults they had to put up with at the hands of both host and guests. Some of them played the part
fools ), and kept collections of witticisms ready for use at their patrons' table; others relied upon flattery, others again condescended to the most degrading devices (Plutarch, De adulatore, 23: De educatione puerorum, 17). Theterm parasite, from meaning a " hanger-on," has been transferred to any living creature which lives on another one.See Juvenal v. 17o with J. E. B. Mayor's note, and the exhaustive article by M. H. Meier in Ersch and Gruber's Allgemeine Encyclopadie. End of Article: PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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