[330] Curtius, 3, 7; Ammian. 23, 6, 34.
[331] "Alcibiad. I." p. 122.
[332] Nic. Dam. fragm. 67, ed. Müller.
[333] Plut. "Artaxerxes," c. 3.
[334] Diog. Laert. prooem. 6.
[335] Fragm. 66, ed. Müller; cf. infra Bk. 8, c. 4.
[336] Herod. 1, 128; Ctes. "Pers." 15. The excerpt says 40 Chaldæans, but obviously Magi are here meant.
[337] Prooem. 7. Above, p. 190. The further statements of Diogenes about the white robes of the Magians, their avoidance of all ornament and gold, of their lying on the ground, and staff of reed, deserve little notice, inasmuch as the source whence they are derived is unknown.
[338] "Cyri instit." 8, 7, 3.
[339] "Cyri instit." 8, 7, 3; 7, 5, 20; 8, 1, 8; Curtius, 3, 3, 8.