106. Plut. _Qu. Conv_. vii. 8. 3; Sen. _Contr_. 3. praef. 10. 107. Lucian, op. cit., 37-61. 108. Plut, _Qu. Conv_. iv. 15. 17; Libanius (Reiske) iii, p. 381. 109. Lucian, op. cit., 69 sqq. 110. e.g. Pasiphae, Cinyras and Myrrha, Jupiter and Leda. Lucian, 1. c.; Joseph. _Ant. Iud_. xix. 1. 13; Juv. vi. 63-6. 111. For the effect of such dancing cp. the interesting stories told by Lucian, op. cit., 63-6. Cp. also Liban., in, p. 373. For the importance attached to gesture in ancient times see Quint. xi. 3. 87 sqq. 112. Story of Turnus; Suet, _Ner_. 54. Dido; Macrob. Sat. v. 17. 15. 113. See p. 100. 114. Juv. vii. 92. 115. For the general history of the pantomimus see Friedländer, _Sittengeschicht,_ II. in. 3, and Lucian, _de Saltatione_. 116. Dion. liv. 17; Tac. _Ann_. i. 54 and 77; Dion. lvii. 14. 117. Suet. _Ner_. 46. 118. There is no clear proof of the performance on the Roman stage of any tragedy in the strict sense of the word during the Silver Age. The words used e.g. in Dio Chrys. (19, p. 261: 23, p. 396), Lucian (_Nigrin_. 8), Libanius (iii, p. 265, Reiske) may refer merely to the performance of isolated scenes. See note on Vespasian's attitude to the theatre, p. 166. 119. Pliny the elder wrote his life. Plin. _Ep_. iii. 5. Cp. also Tac. _Ann_. v. 8; xii. 28; Plin. _N.H_. xiii. 83. 120. Ribbeck, _Trag. Rom. Fr_. p. 268, fr. 1; p. 331 (ed. 3). 121. _Ann_. xi. 13. 122. Charis, _Gr. Lat_. i. p. 125, 23; p. 137, 23. 123. Tac. _Dial_. II. 124. Ib. 2, 3. 125. Ib. 3. 126. Ib. 3. 127. Ib. II. 128. Juv. vii. 12. 129. Juv. vii. 12. 130. Ib. vii. 72. 131. He flourished in reign of Domitian. Schol. Vall. luv. i. 20; Mart. xi. 9 and 10; Donat. _Gramm. Lat_. iv. p. 537, 17; Apollin. Sid. ix. 266. 132. In the fragment preserved by Donatus (Ribbeck, _Trag. Rom. Fr_. p. 269) the chorus address Hecuba under the name Cisseis. 'Fulgentius expos. serm. antiq. 25 (p. 119, 5, Helm) says _Memos_ (Schopen emends to _Memor_) _in tragoedia Herculis ait: ferte suppetias optimi comites_.' 133. xi. 2. 8. 134. Mart. _i._ 61, 7; _Poet. Lat. Min._ iv. p. 62, 19, Bachrens. 135. Tac. _Ann._ xv. 73; xvi. 17. 136. Tac. _Ann._ xv. 73; xvi. 17. 137. Sen. _ad Helv. de Cons._ xix. 2. 138. Sen. _ad Helv._ 1. c.; _Ep._ lxxviii. 1. Dion. Cass. lix. 19. 139. 5 Dion. Cass. 1. c. 140. Suet. _Calig._ 53. See ch. i. p. 4. 141. _Ep._ cviii. 17 sqq.; Hioronym. _ad ann._ 2029. That he knew and never lost his respect for the teaching of Pythagoras is shown by the frequency with which he quotes him in the letters. 142. _Ep._ cviii. 3 sqq. 143. Cp. the speech of Suillius, Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 42; Dion. Cass. lxi. 10. 144. _ad Helv. de Cons._ 6 sqq. 145. _ad Polyb. de Cons._