It is said that he
had more than a thousand talents when he came to Greece, and that he lent this
money on bottomry. He used to eat little loaves and honey and to drink a little
wine of good bouquet. He rarely employed men-servants; once or twice (απαξ και
δις) indeed he might have a young girl to wait on him in order not to seem a
misogynist. He shared the same house with Persaeus, and when the latter brought
in a little flute-player he lost no time in leading her straight to Persaeus.
They tell us he readily adapted himself to circum- stances, so much so that
King Antigonus often broke in on him with a noisy party, and once took him
along with other revellers to Aristocles the musician; Zeno, however, in a
little while gave them the slip. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent
Philosophers, 7.13)
Yet once more I would like to speak (απαξ ετ' ειπειν), but not a dirge. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1322)
And the Lord spoke to
me, "I have spoken to you once and twice (απαξ και δις) saying, 'See this
people and look, they are in a stiff-necked people. (Deut 9:13 | Lexham English
Septuagint)
