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There is nothinis very extra rdinar in ali his, says Cleodemus, sor saru a much in m last illia esstri Antigonus here, attended nil cured

me, it was the eventi day, I remember, o a violent ever. ou ad ordere them to mut the oors and leave me alone, that I might get omerest; lien, ehold, asci lay broad axuake, a most beauti fui ouili appeare lto me, cloathed in hi te he command ed me to rise, and ea ling me throuo h great caver do in to the infernal regions , he sae Ned me Tantalus and Tytius, and Sisyphus, and very thingit se. Whenci, a go to the tribu nal, for I thought acus, and Charon, and the Fates, and the Furies Serethere, so me lonarch, Pluto I suppose, fatemn his udgment-seat, and pronounee the ames of so me hora ad lived beyond the terna assigned them, and were to die oon. A ouia man, I thoughr, ted me to ard him, ut

the kingseemed an gry, and said, te hina go, his thre ad is not et sphan bring me De mylus the smith for he has lived cyoni his time. V I an back ith oy for m severi ad est me, and tolli ver bod that De mylus

would die oon he lived, ou mussano , in cur eigh bourhood, and was a that time, a the to id me, ver ill and a litile inhil after his eae ardth groans of tho se ho ere lamenting the los of him.' nil halcis there so onder fui in that, Did Antigonus Iane in a man who came torii se again, went day after he was uri ed one ho mci cure severat times, bes ore his dea th an aster t. ut ho in appene it, Dides that hisbod neve putrefied, o that, i a live, he id not die illi hunge in twentyday timc but, I suppose, our patiend was nother Epimenides. VWhilst emere conversing thus, the fons o Eucrates came in frona thepalaestra, ne of hicli a justis age, and the ther abo ut si testim a terfatutin has they sat oren by thei fallier ora the ed, and a chair asbrought for me; hen Eucrates, ascis the ght of his sons had pia him inmindis it cri ed ut, o Tychiades may I be deprived of these, and heput his arm round them, teli oti an thing ut truthri ho much loved thei mollier, ho no xv, I rust, is appy, ali here an ear itiness, for the wellano What I id for her both living and dea d, and very eli

Dimpnides. J A amous prophet os Crete, an one of the est seepers pon record sorbet in sent by his ather, heia a boy to ake care o solve heep, he wandered, a Diogenes Laertius ver gravet asi ures his, into a dar cavern, here e was ei aed illi a deep sees , in hich e continue. for even and fift years he then wohe went home, as illi Hac, dissiduit achnowleged by his ounge brother, tol the stor of his long nap to very body, and in consequence of it, ained the reput.itio Oi a great prophet, and was consulte as thoraclei ali Greece.

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ed me, and notiundiniit, e could no consum erit illi the ther: as e were talkin together on his, a cursed ' Melitan do barked -from underrhe bed, at vi hicli me immediatet vanistaed. ex da we found the stipa Per Unde the chest, an diurne. it.

with a Pgolysipper a child remare, homo uti refuse to belleve them, orimpudenti oppos trullis o pla in and irrefragabie.' In the id si of this discour se came in Arignotus, the Pythagorean, illi his long hair, an venerable aspeet, a man celebra ted as ou ellanoN, fortis is dom, and evenio noured illi the ille o divine at sight of him revived considering him a the sco urge of decet an D sehood he, thouo hi Pio myself, ill oon stop the mouilis of these miracle-mongersa Ilookedipon him, according to the common phrase, a the , god rom themachine

Burest , iri. J his custom does honou to Grecian sensibili ty, and conveys, perhaps, at the fame times me reproach onmur opposite conduct. The ancients burne every th in thathelongesto hos the loved the modern put them p to publis auction.

GbUsipso J The ancients probably for the custo is mentione by many authors, made the fame use of the gold stippe a modern school master do of the ferula Luci an cap. plicationis it to the ctor is obvious and happy. be go i, V. . O the Grecian stage the god and goddesses ere frequently called in toaid the poet in his disti est, an to bring on sonaetimes ather absurdi y the denouement of the piece On these occasions the Athenians, ho paredio expence in thei theatres, too careto accommodate thei deities illi prope vehicles, probabi super triumphat cars in hiehilae descen d Nith prope solemnit though, concerning the formis these structures, and in What

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philosophisini sor 3 ou seemed asci came in tote in hi gli dispute. V Mewere only say Eucrates, en de avouring to persuade his pie ce of adamanthere, ointinxto me, that there ere icti things a gliost anil spectres: and that aster dea th men frequently came Upola earth, and appea red to

what anne the ancient cener Was conducted, e have o particular account, at least non tobe depende on. The curious reader, however, a find sonae inaccurate descriptions of this

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Legan cadin With great composui e the spirit appea red, ah in me, nodotibi, for ne of the multitude, an supposing that he mouid terris me ashe id the est he had long hair, Deme fit thy, and was 'lacher handarknes itself he en deavoured to lay hold on me, histe sides, an trie l

cantation I could findotali edo him in the gypti an longue, an forcedhim a tength, by the power of m charna, into a litile corneri a darkroom and knowing here he had reti red to, en genti to fleet for therem ainder of the night. In the orning, heia very bo lyra ad given me over, and expected orand me de ad beyond their opes I came ut, and went immediate lyrio Eubatidas, and carri exhina the glad id ings, that his hous was Cleared, and e might asel live incit for the suture. He ook severat aqong ith him an many followed us Dom the strangenes of the event , aiul after I ad conducted them to the place here Iane he hadta n refuge, i ordered the ground tot diag up illi akes an spades, an dat sine litti de pth found a carca se, illi carce any thingitat the bones e. maining this e burie caresully, and romahat ab for Nard the hous was

When the sage and venerable Arignotusa ad thus spoken, no a man os them a there ho id o thiniit the highesi adnes in me o oub the veracit oscit notinith standing, in spite both of his gre locks, and thegreat opinion hicli the at entertain ed of him, ithout ea ororem bling, thus ad dresie laim; ε Arignotus suid , is it possibi that ou, horare theliope and suppost os truth, an et e sullio these id te tales of spirit and goblins Our trealare, a the prover says, is ali turne i to coat.' replied Arignotus, ou ill es leve ei ther me nor Dinomachus, nor Cleo- demus, nor Eucrates himself, hat authori ty d yo confide in o the otherside of the question, hom do ou in ou faith on V By heaven, a id

Ι, o that great an excellent an Democritus of Abdera, ho was bilii OUght y convinced, nothing of thisa indisve existed that he hii himselfhap in a monument Without the gales of the ity, and stat there night anil lay, writ in and re ad in V an Rhen the oy used tota ance bovi, resithenaseives in blach, andia in thei head like kuus, o pulpos to righten

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ilato AEgyl trior education, here once pon a timeri too a particular ancyto go against the stream imi Coptus, olear Memnon, and the miraculous ound whicli siued rom him at the rising of the sun there id Ihear, notis the common eopte id, an uia intelligibi noisse, ut rom themout his Memnon himself an oracle, hici te de livere dcio me in severi verses, and which, i ut that it ould herei uia necessary could repeat tob Oin; as e returned there hance tote in the fame sati Gilli me a certa in Memphi an, ne of the holy scribes, a mani admirabie vis dona, and kille din ali the learning of the AEgyptians it was reported that he had lived true tyyears in a temple under ground and was instructedi Isis in the magi aris.'

o mean, interruptel Arignotus, the famous Pancrates, ho was mypreceptor a most divine man, o a thoughtsul colante nance, bald, illi a

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us in every respeet a dexterousi a possit, te; and when i had p r forme ita Ossices, he would pronounce another magi verse, and immediatet it came a bi Oom, o a pesti again ut his secret, illi ali I could do I vas neve able to et non him, he id not clius to impar it though incvery thin eis he was always ready to oblige me. Onesilay, o ever, Istoodi him in a ar place, an privatet overti eard the charm, hich, asoni of three syllabies, after hich he went ut, iving the necessar ordersto his pestie; and the a1 after, he hau in sonae usines in the ma rhet- place, i ook m litile est le also, reste it up an repeat in the three syllabies, commandefit to fetch me sonae ater; hen iti ad fille the cassi, leave on , a id I bring me no more, ut be a pesti again; it id not horu-ever, Obe me, ut en again and etche water ill the whole ou se assul os t. Not knowing hat o do fores,as ahaidis Pancratec return

the pesti in ivo, ut both the paris thus severed too the pitchers andi reruwater, o that inste ad os ne servant Phad o two; at this time in came Pancrates, and under standin horu the astat was, immediatet reduced themto Mood again, a the were e re the charm: ut Pancrates illidre; himself privatet frona me, Iano no how, and I neve set yes o hirnas ter Nard V And pray, at Dinomachus, could O no mali a manout os a pesties' es, repliedae, I could do it by halves; ut hen Iliadince made a ater- carrier of him I could no reduce hi in totis originalforna, orae Nould Continue di a Ning ater ill the hous Mam illicit. V ill ou neve have done interrupte I, old as ou are, telli nisuta abominabie iec At eas defer our incredibi e stori es t another time, forthe ak of thes 3 oung men that ou may no fili hei mind with absurdfabies, and n reason able ears spare them, I beseech ou, and do not se

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Mella in ted Did Eucrates ; ON ou at o superstition, ha thin you Tychiades, o oracles, divine intellige iace, and Ahat tho se ho reactua te by the deit impar to us, hat we ea frona the temples, and what the virgin crowned illi laureis frequently foretelis, do oud sub the truth of the se ais, I saal no mentio my ring, With a ea lon it, representin the Pythi an Apollo, nor that he converses illi me,les I hould appea to ou as a va in boaster, talkingi incredibi things: buto ill teli ou ha I ear in the temple of Amphilochus, and

Mallus, and particulari os ancient heroes h have athed illi me concerta in m affati s and what have se en a Pergamus and Patari forbearing, hen I returne frona gypt that Mallus a celebrated sor thetruth and clearnes of iis oracles, and an Mered ord for ori to the writ-ings of the prophet, I resolve t trycit, and to consul the god illi regariit futuri ty.VA Eucrates a running on in his manner, I perceived horu matters Would go, an a he was entering on a long stor about oracles, I thoughtit a toto purpos for me to stan alone against them ali, and o leavinghim in the id hos his voyage frona gypt to Mallus sor asci disputed thetruth of thei fabies, m company I found was notaver agreeable), es mustgo, Dides, in se archis Leontichus, homo have sonae particula busin essWith; as o ou, in friends, a things meret human seem no sussicient for ou Ι ould ad vise ou to cali in the od i henaseives to beara part in Our fabulous disputations V an sayin I Kent ut and est them. The seiZed the opportunity, ei oyed the liberi gave them, set to greedily, and sinallowedine another' lies illi a mos voraciota appetite. Thus have Ptold ou Philocles, very th in Pheard at Eucrates' likethose ho have just Melle them lues illi ne wine I anted an emetic, and have give it ou ali ui again. I ould give a good eat for an oblivious antidote, that would mahe me forget every thing that passed, o Pamaseaid the retaining it in my memor Wili do me o good. I have nothingbut miracles, ' itches and spectres stillie fore me.

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Ne Reade mus, expen miti Humour in thas litti Tro, hira is no his more thau a Pan ricin au ingeniores Archit l, ho ad made an excellent an creel constru ted Bath is no improbabo, Ihough bis is a mere Conj Iure o otion, that Hippi As, the Ailder, mihi ave complimente LUCI AN ith he re Use of the Bath and the riter, in return, has immortalizediim for t. ora more particular Account of HIPPI As se Philo ratus demit. Sophis.

miration, ho Ot only la id down prope rules an precept in any arto science, ut ho ere, lihewise, apable os exempli 0 in them in theirown orks. The sic man who has an Under standing, ill ali in nota halphysici an ho an tal best of thing that concer his profession, ut imwlisse experierace has taugh him thei est praetice of hesis, in my opinion, a belle musici an ho an himself play and sing than he who is ora lyra good judge of melody and song. Needes mentiora that hos are always esteemedili abies genera is, ho notin lyano ho to dispos and direct an arm y, but ho ill them selves also stand forem os in the ranks and figli brave lycisuch as, ea no N, in ancient times, Agamemnon an Achilles ero, an ii later ages, Alexander and Pyrrhus I do not mention his, o displaym knowlege of histori , ut o me in that hos e lio a se only ab leo dissipule, deserve the nam O sophist rather than phili sophers and that inali the aris, they a re most Orth of admiration, hobo in practice to theory, and leave monuments of thei stili and nota lege to l)o fieri ty. Such, veare tot d, ere Archimedes an Sostratus the Cnidian, ne of hom sub dued Memphis sor Ptolemy, noti sege, ut by turning asi de the cohars of the rivera and the ther, by an invention of his own burne the en emi es fleet: and te fore thei time, Thales the Milesian promi led Croesus,

Sostratus. The amous architect otio, accordin to Strabo and Pli ny buit the celebrat-ed tower in the illandis Pharos. What Luci an here telis us concernin Memphis, alludes tofome obscure plece of history, no mentioned by an other author, and whicli the commentator know notinoin to explain.

l. Thales. J The celebrat ed recta philosopher astronomer, and geometrici an His cari yin Croesus' arm ove the Halys, ad nothing ver miraculous incit he cutis ex chania et forthe river divide the water into tino currenis, and consequently madesi fordable See Herodotus and Diog. Laertilis. that

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that he would ea diis hole arm ove the rive dry-Jod, and by his ingenuit performed it no that he professed any peculiar stili in mechanis m.

but was a mani excellent genius an invention. t ould e go in toosa back, o spe aios Epeus, homo orat made the amous Grecian horse, butwas himself, ne of tho se ho go into t. nil here it is but justice in meto mention Hippias, a man os Ur times, though equat to any of the ancient in earn in g, genius, and eloquen ceci Uperior, o in ords, ut in vorks also, to at those ho entie fore him most me a re proud noughi they excet in any one hin whicli they onderi ake, ut hecis an excellen rmechanic, and at the a me time, a Cod geometrician, and a master of

nausic a perfectly stilled in very one of them asci he had professe that, and that alone. Addo this, his nori lege in the doctrine os specula, therei raetio of the rays of ight, and astronomy. Butes anno passive ab ork of his, hi chri latet belle id illi astonissament the bulldingi fiat ligis a very common thin amongst us, and et his ingenui ty in the structu reo oneris truly onder fui the sit uatio oscit a no a plain, ut soping, whicli e contrived, ore ever, o bring qui te on a levet, mali in a strongsoundation unde it, and securiniit illi sirin supporis the whole structure was et proportioned, and the windo of proper gerant distance. ouco me into it by a nobi vestibule, to hich o ascendi broad and ea systeps, hicli ead yo tora pactous hali for servant to ait in o the est

sul and wel lighted, illi three ballis of coles ater, o Lacedaemonianione, in hic li are two hi te arbie statues, ne of ' Hygeta, and the other of Asculapius : a litile fartherin, o come ora large round room Ofta moderate and genti eleat, foras notato huri ou by the intensen esse of it; and beyonditiis, is a most delight fui chamber, illi Nodoors of pol istaed Phrygian arbie,sor hos to noin thenaseives in ho come frona the palaestra : eyon thisis the most ea uti fui room os ali, convenient O sit, stanti, ruolt bout in, o Phrygianione frona topa bottona then a arm passage of Numidian

ingeia. Thegoddes of health, aughter of Esculapius an Lampetia. Representations of this deit ruere innumerabie, as ali those ho inuo dae aid, is the recovered and could an istoscit, made statues of and vorsaippedier as e ali do 3 et though in another manner.