Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters (Deipnosophistae) 603e · 603e

Myrtilus — βασιλέως ἐρώμενος ἦν Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ κιθαρῳδός, περὶ οὗ Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος ἐν τῷ Ζήνωνος Βίῳ γράφει οὕτως·
Antigonus of Carystus, quoted by Myrtilus — ‘ Ἀντίγονος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπεκώμαζε τῷ Ζήνωνι. καί ποτε καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ἐλθὼν ἔκ τινος πότου καὶ ἀναπηδήσας πρὸς τὸν Ζήνωνα ἔπεισεν αὐτὸν συγκωμάσαι αὑτῷ πρὸς Ἀριστοκλέα τὸν κιθαρῳδόν, οὗ σφόδρα ἤρα ὁ βασιλεύς.’
Myrtilus — φιλομεῖραξ δὲ ἦν ὁ Σοφοκλῆς, ὡς Εὐριπίδης φιλογύνης. Ἴων γοῦν ὁ ποιητὴς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιγραφομέναις Ἐπιδημίαις γράφει οὕτως·
Ion of Chios, quoted by Myrtilus — ‘ Σοφοκλεῖ τῷ

King Antigonus' beloved was Aristocles the lyre-singer, about whom Antigonus of Carystus writes this in his Life of Zeno: “King Antigonus used to come revelling to Zeno's door. Once, coming by day from a drinking party, he burst in on Zeno and persuaded him to go revelling with him to Aristocles the lyre-singer, whom the king loved madly.” Sophocles was a lover of lads, as Euripides was of women. Ion the poet, at any rate, writes this in his book called Visits: “Sophocles the…