Eiusdem nominis philosophus, cum a Nearcho tyranno, de cuius nece consilium inierat, torqueretur supplicii pariter atque indicandorum gratia consciorum, doloris victor sed ultionis cupidus, esse dixit quod secreto audire eum admodum expediret, laxatoque eculeo, postquam insidiis opportunum animadvertit, aurem eius morsu corripuit, nec ante dimisit quam et ipse vita et ille parte corporis privaretur.
A philosopher of the same name was under torture by the tyrant Nearchus, whom he had entered into a plot to kill, both for punishment and to make him reveal his accomplices. Conquering the pain but desirous of revenge, he said there was something which it would be much to the tyrants advantage to hear in private. Released from the rack and seeing that Nearchus was open to a surprise attack, he seized the latters ear between his teeth and did not let go until he himself had been deprived of his life and the other of a part of his body.
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