[141] And it happened not long ago, when some actors were representing a tragedy, and repeating those iambics of Euripides: [34] [35] [36] / "For e’en the name of freedom is a jewel / Of mighty value; and the man who has it / E’en in a small degree, has noble wealth;" I myself saw all the spectators standing on tip-toe with excitement and delight, and with loud outcries and continual shouts combining their praise of the sentiments, and with praise also of the poet, as having not only honoured freedom by his actions, but having extolled its very name.