375 Latin; of which Julian had only a slight knowledge. The fourth century Sophists were content with Greek. Themistius never learned Latin, and Libanius needed an interpreter for a Latin letter, _Epistle 956_. 376 ἐπαινοῦντα Reiske, εὐδαιμονοῦντα MSS., Hertlein. 377 cf. 191 A. 378 Plato, _Gorgias_ 470 D. 379 Plato, _Laws_ 699 A. 380 Plato, _Laws_ 698 D; Herodotus 6. 31. 381 Herodotus 1. 183. 382 παιδιὰν Cobet, _Mnemosyne_ 10. παιδιὰς (earlier conjecture Cobet) Hertlein, παιδείους V, παῖδας MSS. 383 The gold work of Colophon was proverbial for its excellence. Cf. Aristophanes, _Cocalus fr._ 8. 384 _Iliad_ 9. 404. 385 _Iliad_ 22. 156. 386 εἰ Hertlein adds. 387 ἐκγόνων MSS., cf. 82 A B, ἐγγόνων Hertlein. 388 ἐκγόνων MSS., ἐγγόνων Hertlein. 389 ἔκγονον MSS., Cobet, ἔγγονον Hertlein. 390 τε Hertlein adds. 391 καὶ ἀπορουμένης Hertlein suggests. 392 τινες καὶ Hertlein suggests, τινες σφόδρα καὶ MSS. 393 ἰχθῦς Hertlein suggests, ἰχθύας MSS., cf. 59 A, ἰχθῦας V. 394 ταλαιπωρίας Hertlein suggests, λοιδορίας MSS. 395 μονάρχην Cobet, μονάρχην μισθωτόν MSS., Hertlein suggests μόναρχον μισθωτόν, ἢ μισθωτὸν Reiske, μονάρχου V. 396 After διορύττειν Cobet omits ἀναπειθόμενον. 397 ἀνθρώπους· Cobet, ἀνθρώπους ἐκφανέσ· Hertlein, ἐκφανὲς V, M, ἐμφανὲς MSS. 398 First used by Archilochus, _fr._ 74, in a description of an eclipse of the sun. 399 Plato, _Laws_ 728 A. 400 Horace, _Epistles_ 1. 1. 106. 401 One shoulder was white as ivory. 402 The Sparti, sprung from the dragon’s teeth sown by Cadmus. 403 The Rhine; cf. Julian, _Epistle_ 16. 404 Plato, _Laws_ 642 C. 405 Memnon. 406 cf. _Oration_ 3. 126. 407 _Iliad_ 17, 20. 408 Homeric phrase: _Iliad_ 17. 588. 409 Plato, _Laws_ 832 A. 410 _Odyssey_ 20. 56. 411 Euripides, _Phoenissae_ 506 and _fr._ 252, Nauck. 412 Of Queen Nitocris, Herodotus 1. 187. 413 “Huckster” (κάπηλος) Herodotus 3. 89. 414 Or Sarabos, a Plataean wineseller at Athens; Plato, _Gorgias_ 518 B; perhaps to be identified with the _Vinarius Exaerambus_ in Plautus, _Asinaria_ 436; cf. Themistius 297 D. 415 φιλοπολίτης Hertlein suggests, but cf. Isocrates _To Nicocles_ 15. 416 οἳ Hertlein adds. 417 τοῖς Hertlein suggests. 418 ἀδεεῖς Reiske, ἐνδεεῖς MSS., Hertlein. 419 πείσας εἴη Naber, cf. 272 D, 281 A, πείτειεν Hertlein, πεισθείη MSS. 420 A saying of Alexander, cf. Themistius 203 C; Stobaeus, _Sermones_ 214; Isocrates, _To Nicocles_ 21. 421 Isocrates, _To Nicocles_ 15; Dio Chrysostom, _Oration_ i. 28. 422 _Republic_ 416 A. 423 Plato, _Laws_ 808 B. 424 _Republic_ 416 A. 425 Before τὰς Hertlein omits καὶ. 426 ἀφανιεῖ Cobet, ἀφανίσει MSS., Hertlein. 427 οὐ Hertlein adds. 428 ἐπεισαγαγεῖν Hertlein, ἐπαγαγεῖν MSS. 429 After τῶν Hertlein omits φίλων καὶ. 430 ἔγγονος Hertlein, MSS.