[379] Hiérocl., Aur. Carm., v. 14; Phot., Cod., 242 et 214.

[380] Diog. Laërt., In Pythag.; ibid., In Emped.

[381] Hiérocl., Pont. apud Diog. Laërt., l. viii., § 4.

[382] Maximus Tyrius has made a dissertation upon the origin of Evil, in which he asserts that the prophetic oracles, having been consulted on this subject, responded by these two lines from Homer:

“We accuse the gods of our evils, while we ourselves

By our own errors, are responsible for them.”

[383] Hiérocl., Aur. Carm., v. 18.

[384] Plutar., De Repugn. Stoïc.

[385] In Gorgi. et Phileb.

[386] Hiérocl., Aur. Carmin., v., 18.