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Zopyrus

also: Zopyrus

A physiognomist who claimed to read men's characters from their bodies. Cicero (De Fato 10) reports that he pronounced Socrates dull and lustful from his appearance, drawing a laugh from Alcibiades, to show that natural tendencies can be overcome.

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