[159]. Ibid., ii. 491-542.
[160]. There is enough of the spirit of Sir Fretful in Aristides here to make the quotation irresistible.
[161]. Ed. Reiske (after Davies and Markland), 2 vols. (or at least parts), Leipsic, 1774.
[162]. Ed. cit., Part i. pp. 166-187.
[163]. Ibid., Part i. pp. 437-452.
[164]. Ibid., Part ii. pp. 115-136.
[165]. Literally any heresy—αἵρεσις.
[166]. The seeker will be even more disappointed if he follow up the quest to Diss. 37 (Part ii. p. 196): “Whether the liberal arts (ἐγκύκλια μαθήματα) contribute to virtue?” Only geometry and music, and mainly the latter, receive attention, though Rhetoric and Poetics are mentioned.
[167]. Ed. Kayser. 2 vols., Leipsic, 1871.
[168]. Achilles Tatius is later, and very likely imitated Philostratus. The two together perhaps give the best examples of ecphrasis (see [Index]).