[238] ‘Plato,’ p. 225. [239] See also ‘The Republic of Plato,’ edited, with critical notes, commentary, and appendices, by James Adam, M.A. (Cambridge, 1902), vol. i. Appendix, p. 345, ‘On the relation of the fifth Book of the Republic to Aristophanes’s “Ecclesiazusæ.”’ Mr. Adam favours the priority of the play to the ‘Republic.’ Maurice Croiset, ‘Aristophane,’ p. 286 (Paris, 1906), is of the same opinion. [240] Some divide Greek comedy into ancient and middle and new. Kock follows Aristotle in speaking only of old and new comedy. [241] ‘Aulularia,’ 504–15. We give Wagner’s text. [242] Verses 676–707, Lorenz. [243] See ‘Arnobius adversus Nationes,’ vii. 33. [244] ‘Mercator,’ v. 805–13. [245] ‘Stich.,’ 39–46. [246] ‘Rudens,’ 406–11. [247] M. Benoist has gone over separately the characters of the women in Plautus in his thesis, ‘De Personis Muliebribus apud Plautum’ (Massiliæ, 1862). [248] Édélestand du Méril, ‘Histoire de la Comédie Ancienne,’ vol. ii. p. 211; Gaston Boissier, ‘Quomodo Græcos Poetas Plautus transtulerit’ (Parisiis, 1857). [249] Verses 368–70. [250] ‘Cur.,’ 146–54. [251] ‘Truc.,’ 354. [252] ‘Pœn.,’ 353. [253] ‘Journal of Hellenic Studies,’ vol. viii. (1887), p. 256. [254] See Bachofen’s ‘Mutterrecht.’ [255] Pearson, p. 53. [256] ‘Strom.,’ iv. 19. [257] P. 121. [258] ‘Fabulæ,’ 274. [259] Vol. xviii. [260] ‘The Ptolemies,’ vii., p. 374. [261] P. 11. [262] Nietzold, p. 79; Grenfell, ‘Greek Papyri,’ ii. 76. [263] P. 257. [264] P. 9. [265] ix. 12, Schn. [266] Paulus, however, in ‘Dig.,’ 23, 2, 44, attributes this to a “lex Julia.” [267] ‘Digest,’ 23, 2, 16; the extract is quoted from Paulus. See also ‘Dig.,’ 23, 1, 16; 23, 2, 23; 1, 9, 9; 1, 9, 10; 1, 9, 8; 24, 1, 3, 1. [268] ‘Les Esclaves Chrétiens,’ p. 293. [269] C. 5. [270] Book xxii. c. 2. [271] ‘Refut.,’ ix. II. [272] The action of Callistus is discussed by Abbé de Hir, de Rossi, Armellini, Bunsen, Wordsworth, Volkmar, Döllinger, Cruice, Meyer, and Neumann. Transcriber’s Note: 1. Greek words/phrases have been corrected where necessary. 2. Obvious printers’, spelling and punctuation errors have been silently corrected. 3. Original spelling has been retained where necessary. 4. Italics are shown as _xxx_.