the prince was remembered as a self-indulgent sybarite, not as a statesman or warrior

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What to eat and drink The Romantic Road is a sybarite’s dream come true, cutting through Franconia’s wine country and Bavaria’s beer territory with southern Germany's hearty cuisine served along the way. National Geographic, "Castles, vineyards, and fairy-tale villages: Drive the Romantic Road," 14 Aug. 2019

Xerxes is depicted as an androgyne sybarite, his brooding eyes rimmed with kohl, his lips, nose, and ears all pierced with rings linked by delicate golden chains. Myke Cole, The New Republic, "The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer," 1 Aug. 2019

Sir Toby is sassy, a sybarite and a drunkard, but Steven Barkhimer was almost sober. Edward Rothstein, WSJ, "‘Twelfth Night’ Review: A Bland Transposition," 11 July 2019

Parks and Recreation Donna Meagle, the inventor of shopping in the name of self-care, is a sybarite in all the best ways. Mariana Viera, Teen Vogue, "10 Body Positive Shows to Watch," 5 Sep. 2018

The silly creature even eats the farmer’s boxer shorts, plucking them from the clothesline like a sybarite eating grapes. WSJ, "Children’s Books: Safe Journeys," 11 May 2018

Its principal characters are not jaded sybarites sunning themselves on the decks of pleasure boats or beside hilltop swimming pools, but rather salt-of-the-earth Frenchmen and women with roots in the populist cinema of the 1930s. New York Times, "Beautiful People in European Villas: a Film Genre of Its Own," 15 May 2018

Featuring a main villa and two apartments with a capacity to hold 12 sybarites, the spare Cycladic architecture enhances the infinity pool, an Instagram-ready site for a bash overlooking the Aegean Sea. Donna Bulseco, WSJ, "6 Vacation Villas With Enviable Pools," 15 May 2018

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