Demosthenes (the cook)
Prefect of Valens's imperial kitchen who rebuked Basil in barbarian fashion. Basil replied: "We have seen an illiterate Demosthenes" and told him to look after seasoning broths.
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Present at the confrontation with Basil; rebuked Basil in barbarian fashion; Basil replied "We have seen an illiterate Demosthenes" and told him to look after seasoning broths
"a certain man named Demosthenes, prefect of the imperial kitchen, who in a thoroughly barbarian fashion rebuked Basil, master of the whole world. But Saint Basil, smiling, said: 'We have seen an illiterate Demosthenes.'"