[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who are successful due to wealth.[1] Aristodemos says [this]. And Alcaeus mentions Aristodemus: "for as Aristodamos once in Sparta", he says, "spoke a speech that was not helpless: 'money, money;' and so forth."[2]
And elsewhere Aristophanes [writes]: "I don't know what the affair [xrh=ma] is doing to me. -- So consider: while it is possible for you and all these men to be rich, [you are somehow hemmed in] by those who are always catering to the masses."[3]
Sophocles [writes]: "'what matter [xrh=ma] do you attend to, Ajax? Why do you set out on this attempt neither summoned by messengers nor hearing any trumpet? In fact, the whole army is sleeping now.' But he said curtly to me, 'Woman, silence is an ornament for women.' And I understood and stopped; but he rushed out alone."[4]