αὐτοτραγικὸς πίθηκος
From LSJ
Γνώμης γὰρ ἐσθλῆς ἔργα χρηστὰ γίγνεται → Proba sunt illius facta, cui mens est proba → Aus edler Einstellung erwächst die edle Tat
English (LSJ)
αὐτοτραγικὸς πίθηκος = a very ape of tragedy, tragic-ape, monkey of melodrama, drama-queen of an ape, Demosthenes, On the Crown 18.242.