[506]. He is called γραοσυλλέκτρια in Souidas, s.v. The view taken in the text as to the value of his evidence is that of Holm.
[507]. Timaios ap. Diog. viii. 64 (F.H.G. i. p. 214, fr. 88 a).
[508]. In the first edition, I suggested the analogy of accusations for incivisme. Bidez says (p. 127), “J’imagine qu’un Jacobin aurait mieux jugé l’histoire” (than Karsten and Holm); “sous la Terreur, on était suspect pour de moindres vétilles.”
[509]. Diog. viii. 65. The epigram runs thus:
ἄκρον ἰητρὸν Ἄκρων’ Ἀκραγαντῖνον πατρὸς Ἄκρου
κρύπτει κρημνὸς ἄκρος πατρίδος ἀκροτάτης.
On Akron, see M. Wellmann, op. cit. p. 235, n. 1.
[510]. Diog. viii. 66, ὕστερον δ’ ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς καὶ τὸ τῶν χιλίων ἄθροισμα κατέλυσε συνεστὼς ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία. The word ἄθροισμα hardly suggests a legal council, and συνίστασθαι suggests a conspiracy.
[511]. Diog. viii. 63. Aristotle probably mentioned this in his Sophist. Cf. Diog. viii. 57.
[512]. Diog. viii. 59 (R. P. 162). Satyros probably followed Alkidamas. Diels suggests (Emp. u. Gorg. p. 358) that the φυσικός of Alkidamas was a dialogue in which Gorgias was the chief speaker. In that case, the statement would have little historical value.