[85]Nero however sometimes took part in other contests, he was as poor and persistent a charioteer as magician.
[86]Tacitus, Book XVI.
[87]In the early historical part of this article, we have mainly followed the dates used by La Fage.
[88]Ambros, Gesch. d. Mus. p. 20, v. 1.
[89]Amiot, Abrege Chron. p. 201.
[90]Chinese annals claim that their empire was founded 80,000 or 100,000 years B. C. Fo-hi’s reign is fixed by some at about 2,250 B. C.
[91]Amiot, De la Mus. des Chinois, p. 54.
[92]Amiot, p. 57.
[93]It is singular that a similar personage exists in the Hindoo mythology.
[94]Quoted by La Fage, Hist. de Mus., p. 47.