_the professor's gown._ Cp. Aulus Gellius, ix. 2, where a man with a long beard and huge cloak tries to persuade Herodes Atticus that he is a philosopher. Herodes replies, 'I see the cloak and the gown, but not the philosopher.' CHAPTER 9. _Hippias of Elis_, one of the early sophists (middle of the fifth century B.C.); cp. Plat. Hipp. Min. 368 B. _the reciter's wand._ It was the custom in Greece for a reciter to hold in his hand a wand or [Greek: rhabdos]. _Severianus_, proconsul of Africa between 161 and 169 A.D., as is shown by the words _the two Caesars_, M. Aurelius and L. Verus. CHAPTER 10. _The Sun._ The passage quoted is from some unknown tragedy, perhaps a Phoenissae, cp. Eur. Phoen. 1. _Mercury._ Those born under Mercury had a 'mercurial' disposition, those under Mars a 'martial' temper (cp. _ignita_). _other divine influences that lie midway._ Cp. note on Apologia, chap. 43. CHAPTER 11. _darnel._ The quotation is from Vergil, Georgic i. 154. Cp. also Ecl. v. 37. CHAPTER 14. _Crates._ Cp. Florida 22, and Apologia, chap. 22. CHAPTER 15. _Polycrates_, floruit circa 530 B.C. _Pythagoras._ See note on Apologia, chap. 4. _Pherecydes._ See note on Apologia, ch. 27. _Anaximander_, an Ionian philosopher, born 610 B.C. _Epimenides._ See note on Apologia, chap. 27. _Creophylus_, an early epic poet, reputed author of the 'Capture of Oechalia', which he was said to have received from Homer as the dowry of the latter's daughter. _Leodamas._ Nothing is known of this Leodamas. Apuleius may have made a slip and written Leodamas for Hermodamas, who is mentioned by Diog. Laert. viii. 2, as the descendant of Creophylus. CHAPTER 16. _Philemon_ was a writer of the 'new', not the 'middle' comedy. _'farewell' and 'applaud'._ Cp. the well-known epitaph:--'iam mea peracta, mox vestra agetur fabula: valete et plaudite.' _Aemilianus Strabo_ was _consul suffectus_ in 156 A.D. See Prosopographia imp. Rom. part 3. nr. 674, p. 275. _while breath still_, &c., from Vergil, Aeneid iv. 336. _priesthood_ of the province of Africa. See Introduction, p. 12. CHAPTER 17. _Scipio Orfitus_, proconsul of Africa, 163, 4 A.D. See Prosopographia imp. Rom. part 1, nr. 1184, p. 464. _Orpheus to woods_, &c., from Vergil, Eclogue vii. 56. CHAPTER 18. _the tragic poet._ Unknown. _Plautus._ Truculentus, prologue 1-3. _no rose without a thorn._ The Latin is _ubi uber, ibi tuber_. Wherever you get rich soil, there you will find pignuts. _the council of Africa_ was theoretically an association for the worship of the imperial house. It had some political importance, however, inasmuch as it might criticize the governor and forward its criticisms to the Emperor at Rome. _Protagoras_, a famous sophist of Abdera (latter half of fifth century). _dilemma._ See note on Apologia, chap. 9, _self-inconsistency_. A closely parallel story is told of Corax and Tisias, rhetoricians slightly earlier in date.