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Lucullus sups with LucullusSaid of a glutton who gormandises alone. Lucullus was a rich Roman soldier, noted for his magnificence and self-indulgence. Sometimes above 1,700 was expended on a single meal, and Horace tells us he had 5,000 rich purple robes in his house. On one occasion a very superb supper was prepared, and when asked who were to be his guests the “rich fool” replied, “Lucullus will sup to-night with Lucullus.” (B.C. 110-57.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Lucullus sups with Lucullus from Fact Monster:
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