This man was reviled for always associating with women. He was a cithara-player.[1] Aristophanes [writes]: "Now Ariphrades is a rascal. But he even wants it [that way]; he is not just a rascal -- for [otherwise] I would not even have heard of him -- or an utter knave, but he even invented something [new in the way of vice]. For [he dirties] his own tongue with shameless pleasures."[2] That is, the member and the seed of a man. Ariphrades, Polymnestos and Oionichos [were] doers of unspeakable things. And Polymnesteian [poems], too, were mocked for shamefulness.[3] "If someone does not really guard himself against such a man, he will never drink out of the same cup with us."[4] And again: "Ariphrades, stop acting foolish."[5]