495 ἀξιοῖμεν Hertlein suggests, ἀξιοῦμεν MSS. 496 παρὰ θεῶν Hertlein suggests, παρ᾽ αὐτῶν MSS. 497 _Genesis_ 3. 21. 498 Pindar, _Olympian Ode_ 7. 49; this became a Sophistic commonplace. Cf. Menander (Spengel) 3. 362; Aristides 1. 807; Libanius 31. 6, Foerster; Philostratus, *Imagines* 2. 270. 499 πονηροῖς Hertlein suggests, πολεμίοις MSS. 500 _Odyssey_ 6. 207. 501 ὑποστῆσαι Reiske would add. 502 ἐθῶν Hertlein suggests, ἀγαθῶν Petavius, ἠθῶν MSS. 503 τέκνα Hertlein would add. 504 φυτευσάντων τῶν Hertlein suggests, νευσάντων MSS. 505 The connection of the thought is not clear, and Petavius thinks that something has been lost. 506 Julian here prefers the Platonic account of the creation in the _Timaeus_ to the Biblical narrative. 507 σωματικῶς Petavius, Hertlein approves, σωματικὰς MSS. 508 ἕτερον Hertlein suggests, δεύτερον Reiske, τρίτον MSS. 509 cf. St. Paul, _Acts_ 17. 25, “neither is he worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed anything.” 510 Of Syracuse, whose claim to be immortal was accepted by the Sicilians. 511 Agamemnon; _Iliad_ 1. 23. 512 καὶ—ποιήσει Hertlein suggests, lacuna MSS. 513 ἀγαπῶμεν Hertlein suggests, ἀγαπήσομεν MSS. 514 ἐξελέγξῃ Hertlein suggests, ἐξελέγχῃ MSS. 515 cf. Plato, _Phaedo_ 62 C; _Letter to the Athenians_ 276 B. 516 Apollo. 517 An oracle from an unknown source: these verses occur again in _Epistle_ 62. 451 A. 518 _Sc._ I will protect. 519 Euripides, _fr._ 488 Nauck; cf. 197 C, 358 D, 387 B, 391 this phrase became a proverb; cf. Lucian, _Hermotimus_ 789. 520 ἀχλυόεντος Hertlein suggests; ἀχλυόεσσαν MSS. 521 An oracle from an unknown source. 522 θέα Brambs, MSS., θεῷ Reiske, Cobet, Hertlein. 523 πῶς Hertlein suggests, πάντως MSS. 524 ὥσπερ Hertlein suggests, ὅπερ MSS. 525 Hipponax of Ephesus, a scurrilous poet who wrote in choliambics (the skazon) and flourished about the middle of the sixth century B.C.; cf. Horace, _Epodes_ 6. 12. 526 γε Hertlein suggests, τε MSS. 527 τῷ Wright, ὡς Hertlein, MSS. The meaning is not clear and Petavius suspects corruption. 528 τῷ Hertlein suggests, ὡς MSS. 529 κατὰ τῆς συμφορᾶς Hertlein suggests, καὶ τὰς συμφορὰς MSS. 530 ὡς καὶ Hertlein would add. 531 ἡμᾶς—σωφρονεῖν Cobet suggests, lacuna Hertlein, MSS. 532 εἰ γὰρ τοῦτο Hertlein suggests, εἴπερ ἐκ τούτου MSS. 533 ἔν ἄλλοις Cobet would add; cf. 298 A. 534 Cf. Aeschylus, _Seven Against Thebes_; Euripides, _Phoenissae_ 1118. ὁ μάντις Ἀμφιάραος οὐ σημεῖ᾽ ἔχων ὑβρισμέν᾽, ἀλλὰ σωφρόνως ἄσημ᾽ ὅπλα. 535 ἐχέτω Petavius suggests, lacuna Hertlein, MSS. 536 εὐδοκιμοῦντος Hertlein suggests, καλλίστου δοκοῦντος Reiske, δοκοῦντος MSS. 537 γὰρ Hertlein would add. 538 The conclusion is lost, and may have been suppressed by Christian copyists. 539 cf. _Oration_ 4. 157 C. 540 306 A.