E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Eret’rian.
The Eretrian bull. Menede’mos of Eret’ria, in Eubœa; a Greet philosopher of the fourth century B.C. and founder of the Eretrian school which was a branch of the Socrat’ie. He was called a “bull” from the bull-like gravity of his face.
