[295] iii. 4, 5.
[296] xvi. 6.
[297] iii. 7.
[298] xiv. 1.
[299] v. 7.
[300] xx. 9. A passage in another homily on this subject is curious, as proving that just the same jugglers’ feats were performed in Antioch in the fourth century as at the fairs and races of the present day:—“Persons pretended it was next to impossible to conquer an inveterate habit: this was a paltry excuse, perseverance could conquer any difficulty. To unlearn a habit of swearing could not be more impossible than to acquire the art of throwing up swords, and catching them by the handle, or balancing a pole on the forehead with two boys at the top of it, or dancing on a tightrope.”—Hom. in Dom. Serv.
[301] iv. 1.
[302] iv. 2.
[303] v. 3. τὸ σῶμα τῇ ψυχῇ περίκειται καθάπερ ἰμάτιον. Comp. Shakespeare: “When we have shuffled off this mortal coil.”
[304] v. 3.