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his instante, as he was an accurrat historian, and lived out ste titile o Ptolem milopator' and inere recould careel be at a las for alimenti information, relative to ne of me most illus mous inen of his age. I inumbe elemo educi, that Aristeas, Aristobulus, Philo, inplius, leniens Alexandrinus, Tertiissim, Cyri of Jenisalem, Epiphanius, and mers , have anserinis that Demetrius ras greatly respected by Ptolei ny Philadelphus, an principali concerne in obtaining in translation o me Bible, continoesy casse in Sep-

merenippus was of Sinyriia Athenaeus alis hian Καλλιμα- σιος frona vilichri is supposed he was one of the discipies of Callimachus Deipnos. l. h. p. g. l. v. p. I 3. e vrote many lnolcs, an partici Iarly the lives of eminent men, utile are frequently ested by Dicetenes Laenius, unde the titie of Bιοι. D. Laovit. l. i. 33. l. n. lia. l. v. a. e M aristred abolit theaeetur hes Chr. aeto Vid. Voss. demist Graec. l. i. c. 16. Jons de ἀcrip. Hiit Phil. l. n. c. u. Dod velL de Cyclis, disinere. H. Dionysius Halicarnassinis, Josepinis, arul ther ancient uriters,speak of him vitii applause.

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The book whicli is transinitted do in in iis under dienarne of Aristeas, is appare ly the Mundation os Iesia tias been aid concerasing the manne os mali uagiliis vetito by seventy-- etders, senes in Jerivilem to Alexandria sor stat purpose. The Eclesiastieat writer adopted his narration uri implu it credaei asit seemed is do honini t me Scriptures Mad embel

ii Ierssit agreeinent of me interpretere, ei prophetices inspiration ' and offer circumsta es, equassy δε- suta and incrediMea . ut e mo judiciolis riters reiect ii as a fiction, contrived by sotne Hellenistic Je in orde to give a sanction to the Greel irranslation iste scriptures, alui advince the glor of his omnation l. V Deinetrius halereus,' as lutare relates, 4d- vital iungitolem to colle and rea sues bookS, astreated of the goveminent of states and EngdonisA sor, says e, ite contain that Mutar coimsel, duc,srietas neve Venture to give thei fovereigm .' The missior of the Dissertation contends, stat these vorsis cannot be reserre initolem Soter, an aged indlemed prince that icis evident the were Udresse Lis

Pond. c. 3.

4 Philo lac est. Nescio quis primus auctor, septilaginta cellulas Alexandi in mendia suo extriixerit, quibus divisi eadem scriptitarint. Hieron.

in Pentat praef. Om. ni. p. I . Quae pridem a Ludovico Vive, Iosepho Scalimo, aliisque nram nominibus explosa a Pseudo-Arctaea Judaeo-Hellenista, ad conciliandvin versioni isti auctoritatem conficta a veteribus credula nimis, ut solent, mente suscepta, aviduis autem a Latinis, recen

Philadelphus,

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his preceptor, ruit achis parent.

lineo, as Hermippus relateS.Οur tumor, in conformit to his hypothesis, inichmalces Demetrius haleretis me uriter of the arian Chronicie maintains, that this earne Actenim vas living in the cxxi Olympiad 3 en in Chronicie is suppostd o have been compiled. I et os consideri probabilit os stis opinion in achronological vie M. DemetriuS IVM appotnted governor of Amens in meaea 3I8, and for ine pace os tenyears distharge that imponant ossice paei se much

Foga Ddinetrii in aegyptum incidit in Olymp. cxviii. a. i. e. bxf. Chr. 3o . Briac Ierimiit Crit Phil. Vol i. p. 857. Petavius and Coriinus placerit in the sameaear. at Temp. l. ni. c. 18. Fasti Attici, Vol. V. p. 67. familiis reignaetolem ui astronome places the beonning ofine reimis Ptolemy Soter. o mi tuo, fugere in AEgyptum fiaerit coamis Strab. l. ix. p. 61 o. an his inicie Strabo conoboriam in testimon of Ηει

reti probi v

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tues vere erected totis honour'. Ainens raras attintime in a siluation, 41ic required in most consummate polic anil priuience in a governor I una inere ore presume, at his abilities ere veli lcia in and that he Vas 3 Dor . years of ag , he he vas electeda. fhe vras, it is ighi improbist he motu compos ste Chronicie fi -sou year astem ardS. Plutare dates the austorii of Demetrius in the go' vernnient of Actens, fioni me time o mea amian War l, betvreen the Athenians and Antipater, in ui se' nd year of the cxi Olympiad bes Chr. 323 years. This malces an interva o fifty-nin years, betvv een his pearing at Atlaens in a public character, and the date of the Paria inscripti . This argument may be stili fame confirmed by ine testimon o Athenaeus. Ctesicles,' says uinat uriter, in the hird book of his Chronica, ineris that in ine ς Olympi , Demetrius Phalereus enumerato Line inhabitant of Attica, and found stat there vere I, QAthenians, Io,oo,s oumers orisoreigners, and Oo, o

Fuit enim his vir non solum eruistissimus, is etiam ivisi pepublica maxime tuendaequ civitatis peritissimus Cic. de Leg.

in the textis Athenaeus ut tili ve have auctorit to eouemit, we missi ahe it ascit flands Demetrius be in sonis publi. station, and metuce stis computation severat erum hae redie vas ap-roinred governor lar Cassander.

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aera, and 73 years laesore the date of the Chronicie. Accorcsing to inis account, it is litteri r increditate, stat Demetrius hovi ἐν an ways concernes in stat per-

The presumptive videnc against our auctor' opinion, phicli amses froni me ILENC o allie writers of anti sit' risti respecta ine Parian Claronicie, is in Hiis instance, remare ly strong, is no decisive De- 'metrius Phesereus vas no a Writer of an inferior clast, or an obscure etorician biit an aiauior of the highest sistinction, mos nain and chai e Would have givens muta austio it to the inscription stat it must have incite si attentioni succeedin historiam, biographers, o chronesogita. ut a notisne of them haseidae cite Dor ineritione Pit, . can neve suppose, thatit vas the pro Minon of this illustriolis philosopher arul f sim nusquam occurrit mentio libri,' lays LeClarc nomine philosophi insigniti, falsi sit inscriptio, Ut minimili suspecta fiat necesse est; quia credibile non est, librum, insignis praesertini philosophi, potuisse non modo fugere diligentiam Diogenis Liaertii, sed otiam

ita sperni, ut nusquam citaretur ab iis, qui stequenter de eo philosopho verba fecerunt nec raro aliorum ejus 'perum meminerunt Clerici Art. Crit. p. iii. Et a. c. 3. Fol ii. p. 337.

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o seine eminent writers of antiquint, suci a Phaedriis, Q. Curtius, c. a in obscurit sor rany To obviates his objection, it ivdibe necessar is conside the peculia circumstances of stes auctors. i. haec eus is set to have been e reedinani Augustias, o Tiberius. Sinius places him in the reignis

Claudius, Lyears iste in Christian aera'. His se , Nes vere first publislied bylet Pithoeus, in I 596. Martia certaini means inis fabulist, Hie he Ahis Canius Rufus, a poetis Gades,

AEnnulum IMPROBI Iocos Phaedri f.

IMPROBUs platia alludes to in satire, vhicli liae-drii conceat unde the actions oris dialogues of bird and b s. Accor lingi' Rigaltius, Gudius, andosters, suppuse, stat inem ΥpRUs, in ste ψcondri tale, represenis Caligula. The wor istas evidenti potat out me sebulist. AEsπ' set,les ire calle by Aristophanes, Hesychius, and others, γελοια, JOcia. The iam expression is sed by Avienus, Miliem laesays, in labies of Esop sub jocorram communium

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ocie, vitae argumenta conti emit V am by haedrias

Usse do nes ius, stat haedriis is meritioned by anyotiter triter, in ve cornea Avienus ivli is iuppostato have lived abolit theo ear Io This tabulist, in his dedication to Theodosius Macrobius expressi me fons sterive book of Phaedriis Fhaedrus ivn partem alimiam quinque in libellos resolvit. But Seneca, it is obstrue i, has give Arne intimation, at inere per no fatales in me Roman langvage in his time for te th us ivntes to olybius: moi

audeo te usqμ eo producere, ut fabellas quoque, etd sopeos Ioσos , intentatum Romanis ingeniis opus, solita tibi venustate connectas et VI orde to account fortis observation seme have Mnagined inatthae inis' avore vas in sev hanti, and unknown to Seneca or that he di no thini oscit, ivlaenine vas writin to Polybius i. illaceus Lipsius. and ossius, suppose, that Ρhaedrus is no mentioned iustis passage, bceauseae iva no a Roman biit a Tiar man Uavassor conceives, that his abies vere suppressed, o no notice i laecause in satirica allusion

Phaed. Prol. v. 7. Id. ad Eutychunt, L E. 37. l. iv . o. a. ' .aesopei logi, i. e. apologi fabulae. sopos calle by Diogenes Laertius, ο λογοποιος, a lariam

scriptor. Lib. . , a. Λογο--ισωπιι- συναγωγαι, fabulariani AE piarum collectiones, are mentioned by the sam author among tha

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It is acisio Hedgeri sinas cte are not mentione laimi Writer, except Miles, besore Avienus, in steriis Ιniis case, ve canista suppose, stat in generes Cence of me ancients might have been o vinxto severat

causes, o Concurring Circumstances such as ste character of haedrus, as a Deetinam, a minor poet, a Co-

pyer of Hsop, and the austoris compositions, vilichm' historian could have any occasion to cite; or probat lyto Oine contingeticies, whicli Icilial conside in stenex article. II. Itos alleged stat he histor of Alexander inaineat, b in Curtius, is eister quotech nor men- fioned by any of the ancients. Vlio Q. Curtius uras, and When he lived are potnis, inie cannot be determine i vim an certain t Tacitus and the younge Plin speah of one Curtius Rusus, tho vas proconsulis Africa, in in reigia; of

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berius'. init me ea 37. An Las Tacitiis obserites, stat he lived to vet advinced age ','' ossius inragines he nighu be alive, and nnite, or finissi, his histo in me reigni Vespasian stat is, in or aster the year 69; formiere are inan passages incit, hich, he inintcs, evideriti allude to stat perioda. one in Curtius Rufiis is mentioned by Suetonius, in his catalome of si celebrared rhetoricians an lineis supposed by Eaubon, ossius, PeriEonius, Fabri- Cius, and offers, to have been me auctoris ste Ustoryla question. Plinat, in an epis laeto Saturninus, applaud one of his frienti, visio nam v a Rufiis, and says, Laegi librum

omnibus numeris absolutivn have read his book,

ander.

It has been observes, stat Quintilian, Mao note about the y- 88, an mentions the nio conside te historians , alces no notice of Q. Curtius and Dorneus, and offer circumstiinces, sonis have inferreri statis Histor of Alexander, hic is noW extant undercte nam o Q. Curtius, is a modern composition. Butthis insere eris aut ierar indilogical. Quintiliandoes no attemptrio mention in the eminent historians THEN extant. e talis no the least notice of A. Hirtius, Cornelius Nepos, Trogus Pompeius, an many

othera

Tacit Annal. l. i. c. ao, ax. AElin Epist. l. Vii. e. 7.4 Longa post haec senemi acu lac citas.

Vosi . demst Lat. l. iv. c. a . p. 46. I si omniasticon a Plin. l. ix. 38. ininti l. . e. r.

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Mont con asseris, at inere ras a mauuscript copa os in Curtius in M. Collaert' librar a Pari , abovς8o years old'. Fabricius observes, stat is historianis quoted by Petrus Blaesensis, rho aurore bout die Vari Iso by Iohannes Sarisburiensis abolat the year I7O , and by Vincentius Bellovacensis in st year 2 '. Antonius rinorinita telis us that Alphonsus, cingis Arragon vilio begam ius reis in Iasa, ras cures of an obstinate in sisposition by me deligit he took in re d- incine histor o Alexinder, audissed is ad Mis Inc, dicat attendants by declaring inat Curtius rata armata helter physicia stan Avicenna t. These testimoni , alcen fron ivi iter of the divel and I3st centuries, re proose, stat ine Histor es Alexander, ascia e lao in Curtius, is noto annder CinnyO

iniis Palaeos: Graec praef. p. ii. f. Fabrie. Bibl. Lat. l. v. e. 17. 4.r Frequeρter in medicos rex jocatus, Misennam, velut parabo sanum, parvi facere, Curtium laudibus cumulare. Ant Panorinita dem ictis aiatis Alphon regis Aragonum. l. i. P. I , Is edit. 1338. The divo first bootes armentires tost mulaliae mare Aurither leficiencima amely book v. h. 3. b. i. h. a. h. x. HIPE. and 4, whicli Reinsistinius and offers have endem ire to supply. --The sirit e sition os in Cunius Vas primest in 1 7 .