762 ἐπιτηδείων—οἰομένοις—εὐδαιμονεστάτοις Hertlein suggests, ἐπιτηδείῳ δήμοις ἐντυγχάνειν καὶ ὑπὸ τρυφῆς εὐδαιμονεστάτῳ MSS. 763 cf. Caesar, _Gallic War_, 6. 24. 764 ἐπιδείκνυσθαι Hertlein would add. 765 We do not know what sort of performance was given by a cotylist; he was evidently a mime and may have played with cups; κοτύλη = a pint‐ cup. 766 _i.e._ may they have two such rulers as Constantius. 767 _i.e._ the sepulchres over which the Christian churches were built; cf. 357 C, note. 768 ἐνεῖσαν Hertlein suggests, ἔδειξαν MSS. 769 Babylas, Bishop of Antioch, had been buried in the grove of Daphne, and the priests of Apollo retired from it. When the church over his tomb was demolished by Julian he removed the body of St. Babylas to Antioch, and that night (October 22. 362 A.D.) the people of Antioch burned the temple of Apollo which Julian had restored. Cf. Johannes Chrysostomos, _De S. Babyla et contra Julianum_; and Libanius, _Monody on the Temple of Apollo at Daphne_. 770 Kasios was the name of a mountain near Antioch where there was a temple of Zeus. 771 μίαν ὄρνιν Hertlein suggests, ὄρνιν MSS. 772 ἕνα γε Hertlein suggests, ἕνα MSS. 773 μὲν οὖν Hertlein suggests, μὲν MSS. 774 cf. Themistius 332 D. 775 Julian probably alludes to the riot which took place at Antioch on account of the famine in 354, when the populace killed Theophilus the Governor and were punished for the murder by Constantius. 776 τῆς πόλεως Hertlein suggests, τὴν πόλι 777 Demosthenes, _Against Meidias_ 153 ἀποκναίει γὰρ ἀηδίᾳ καὶ ἀναισθησίᾳ. 778 ἀλλὰ καὶ Reiske would add. 779 προστασία is sometimes used of the Imperial protection of a municipal guild, and that may be Julian’s meaning here. 780 _Iliad_ 2. 542. 781 Julian, Count of the East. 782 Anacreon _fr._ 77, Bergk. 783 ἢ καὶ Hertlein suggests, καὶ MSS. 784 cf. _Oration_ 7. 204 B. 785 The Senatorship was an expensive burden. 786 οὐκ ἐπὶ—μέτρων Hertlein suggests, οὐ κατὰ—μέτρα MSS. 787 The modius was a bushel measure. 788 This does not occur in Hesiod or Pindar. 789 A phrase from an unknown oracular source. 790 The avenging goddess who is more familiarly known as Nemesis. 791 In 354 A.D. there was a riot at Antioch in consequence of scarcity of food; Constantius sent troops to punish the citizens for the murder of Theophilus the Governor of Syria. 792 cf. 340 A, 365 C.