Chapter 55

Translated by Perseus Digital Library

Namertes being on an embassy, when one of that country told him he was a happy man in having so many friends, asked him if he knew any certain way to try whether a man had many friends or not; and the other being earnest to be told, Namertes replied, Adversity.

Source: https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg082.perseus-eng4:34