[159] Philostr., In Vitâ Apoll., l. vi., c. ii.
[160] Schol., In Vitâ Sophocl.; Suidas, In Σοφοκλ.; Plutar., De Profect. Vitæ.
[161] Aristot., De Poët., c. 25.
[162] Aristoph., In Ran., v. 874 et 1075.
[163] Philostr., Vitâ Apoll., l. ii., c. 2; l. ii., c. 16; l. vi., c. 11; Vitâ Æschyl. apud, Robort., p. 11.
[164] Aristoph., In Ran.; Aristot., De Poët., c. 25.
[165] Plato, De Legib., l. ii. et iii.
[166] Hérodot., l. vi., 21; Corsin., Fast. attic., t. iii., p. 172; Aristot., De Poët., c. 9.
[167] Aristot., De Poët., c. 9.
[168] Susarion appeared 580 B.C., and Thespis some years after. The latter produced his tragedy of Alcestis in 536 B.C.; and the condemnation of Socrates occurred in 399 B.C. So that only 181 years elapsed between the initial presentation of comedy and the death of this philosopher.