[447] Pauly-Wissowa, s.v. Aphthonius.
[448] Rhetores Graeci, vol. ii, ed. Spengel.
[449] Instit. ii. 4.
[450] Strange. Perhaps the meaning is bright like flowers, brilliant, pointed. But more likely, as Prof. Murray has pointed out to me, the author is thinking of embroidery. The boy’s composition must be rich like a gold-embroidered cloth, but also compact like a pattern.
[451] Conringius, De Antiquis Academiis, i. 17; Gothofredus, Ad Rescriptum Gratiani Anni 376; Ritter, Ad Cod. Theod. xiii. 3. 11.
[452] Scriptt. Hist. Aug. iii, ch. 11, ed. Peter.
[453] Euchar. 67.
[454] Prof. xxvi.
[455] Prof. xv.