[2871] See end of B. v.
[2872] See end of B. viii.
[2873] All that we know of him is, that he wrote on Precious Stones. Apollonius Dyscolus mentions an author who wrote on the same subject, whose name was “Tacus;” and possibly the same person is meant.
[2874] Mentioned in this and the next Book, as a writer on Precious Stones.
[2875] Cornelius Alexander. See end of B. iii.
[2876] See end of B. xxx.
[2877] See end of B. xx.
[2878] See end of B. vii.
[2879] See end of B. ii.
[2880] A Sicilian author of the time of Alexander. In his “Sacred History,” he interpreted the legends of the popular religion as based upon historical facts, and taught that the gods of Mythology were only deified men. His system has been compared with the rationalism of some German theologians, and Euhemerists were still to be found at the close of last century. Diodorus Siculus, Polybius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus have followed in his track; and the poet Ennius translated his work, which is now lost.