Menecrates(4 syl.). A physician of Syracuse, of such unbounded vanity that he called himself Jupitèr. Philip of Macedon invited him to a banquet, but served him with incense only. Such was Menecrates of little worth, Who Jove, the saviour, to be called presumed, To whom of incense Philip made a feast. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Menecrates from Infoplease:
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