Nicostratus
Americannoun
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“There’s nobody who’s happy in all things,” according to Nicostratus, paraphrasing Euripides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
And yet Hercules would esteem the brave though ugly Nicostratus as much as the beautiful Alcæus.
From Trips to the Moon by Thomas Francklin
Nicostratus, like a nobleman and a man of wealth as he was, kept many servants and hounds and hawks and took the utmost delight in the chase.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
"Therein," said Nicostratus, "thou wast certainly deluded, for, since thou clombest the pear-tree, we have not budged a jot, save as thou seest."
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
"I wonder what it could be," returned Nicostratus; "is it perchance that I have a decayed tooth in my jaw?"
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
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