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121Chassang (op. cit., pp. 395 sqq.) gives a French translation of them.

122Art. “Apollonius,” Smith’s Dict. of Class. Biog.

123That is to say, a philosopher of 600 years ago.

124That is to expiate blood-guiltiness with blood-sacrifice.

125Chaignet (A. É.), in his Pythagore et la Philosophie pythagoricienne (Paris; 1873, 2nd ed. 1874), cites this as a genuine example of Apollonius’ philosophy.

126That is his idea of death.

127The text of the last sentence is very obscure.

128The full title is given by Eudocia, Ionia; ed. Villoison (Venet.; 1781), p. 57.

129See Zeller, Phil. d. Griech, v. 127.

130Præparat. Evangel., iv. 12-13; ed. Dindorf (Leipzig; 1867), i. 176, 177.

131A play on the meanings of λόγος, which signifies both reason and word.

132Psyche, I. ii. 5.

133Noack, ibid.

134See Noack, Porphr. Vit. Pythag., p. 15.

135Ed. Amstelod., 1707, cc. 254-264.

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