Ὤσπερ γὰρ οἱ τὰ πεινῶντα θρέμματα θαλλὸν ἤ τινα καρπὸν προσείοντες
ἄγουσι, οὺ ἐμοὶ λόγους οὔτω προτείνων ἐν βιβλίοις τήν τε Ἀττικὴν
φαίνει περιάξειν ἅπασαν καὶ ὅποι ἂν ἄλλοσε βούλῃ.
PLATO, _Phædr._ p. 230 D.
“For as men lead hungry creatures by holding out a green bough or an
apple, so you, it would seem, might lead me about all Attica and
wherever else you please, by holding toward me discourses out of your
books.”