[17.44] Epitaph of the jeweller, Evhodus (hominis boni, misericordis, amatis pauperis). _Corp. Inscr. Lat._ No. 1027, and inscription of the age of Augustus (Cf. Egger, _Mem. d'Histoire et de Phil._, p. 351, &c); Perrot, _Exploration de la Galatie_, &c., p. 118, 119, πτωχοὺς φιλέοντα; Funeral Oration of Matilda by Adrian (_Mem. de l'Acad. de Berlin_ for 1863, p. 489); Mommsen. Inscr. Regni Neap. Nos. 1431, 2868, 4880; Seneca Rhet., _Controv._ I. i.; iii 19; iv. 27, viii. 6; Sen. Phil. _De Elem._ ii. 5, 6. De Benef. i l; ii. ll; iv. 14; vii. 31. Compare Leblant Inscr. Chret. de la Gaule, ii. p. 23, &c; Orelli, No. 4657, Fea _Framm de Frasti Consol._, p. 90; R. Garrucci, _Cimitera degli ant. Ebrei_, p. 44. [17.45] Corp. Inscr. Græc, No. 2758. [17.46] Ibid. Nos. 2194 b. 2511, 2759 b. [17.47] It must be borne in mind that Corinth in the Roman epoch was a colony of foreigners, formed upon the site of the ancient city by Cæsar and Augustus. [17.48] Lucian, Demonax, 37. [17.49] Dion Cassius, lxvi. 15. [17.50] See Ælius Aristides, Treatise against Comedy, 751, &c., ed. Dindorf. [17.51] It is worthy of note that in several cities of Asia Minor the remains of the ancient theatres are at this day haunts of debauchery. Comp. Ov. Amor. i. 89, &c. [17.52] Orelli-Henzen Nos. 1172, 3362, &c., 6669; Guerin, Voy. en Tunisie, 11, p. 59; Borghesi, _Œuvres Completes_, iv. p. 269, &c.; E. Desjardins. _De tabulis alimentariis_ (Paris 1854); Aurelius Victor. Epitome, Nerva; Plin. Epist. i. 8; vii. 18. [17.53] Inscriptions in Desjardins, op. cit. pars ii. cap. 1. [17.54] Suet. _Aug._ 41, 46; Dion Cass. li. 21; lviii. 2. [17.55] Tac. _Ann._ ii. 87; vi. 13; xv. Suet. Aug. 41, 42; Claud. 18. Comp. Dion Cass. lxii. 18; Orelli, No. 3358 &c.; Henzen, 6662, &c.; Forcellini, article _Tessera frumentaria_. [17.56] Odyss. vi. 207. [17.57] Eurip. _Suppl._ v. 773, &c.; Aristotle Rhetor. II. v. iii. and Nicomachus viii. 1; IX. x. See Stobeus Florilegus xxxvii. cxiii. and in general the fragments of Menander, and the Greek comedians. [17.58] Aristotle Polit. VI. iii. 4. 5. [17.59] Cic. Tusc. iv. 7-8; Sen. De Clem. ii. 5. 6. [17.60] Papyrus at the Louvre, No. 37, col. 1. line 21. Notices et Extraits xviii. 2d part, p. 298. [17.61] V. ante. [17.62] Apoc. xvii. &c. [17.63] Virg. Ec. iv. Georg. i. 463, &c.; Horace Od. I. ii; Tac. _Ann._ vi. 12; Suet. Aug. 31. [17.64] See for example De Republ. iii. 22, cited and preserved by Lactantius Instit. div. vi. 8. [17.65] See the admirable letter, xxxi. to Lucilius. [17.66] Suet. Vesp. 18; Dion Cass. t. vi. p. 558 (edit. Sturz); Euseb. Chron. A.D. 89. Plin. Epist. i. 8; Henzen, Suppl. to Orelli, p. 124, No. 1172.