Forte ἄγνοιαν."—Wyttenbach. The ordinary reading is ἂνοιαν. "E cœlo descendit γνῶθι σεαυτόν," says Juvenal truly, xi. 27.

Euripides, "Bacchæ," 1170-1172. Agave's treatment of her son Pentheus was a stock philosophical comparison. See for example Horace, ii. "Sat." iii. 303, 304, and context.

"Aurum puta. Pactolus enim aurum fert. Videtur dictio e Pindaro desumta esse."—Reiske.

"Libellus hic fine carere videtur. Quare autem opusculum hoc Plutarcho indignum atque suppositum visum Xylandro fuerit, non intelligo."—Reiske.

Plato, "Men." p. 71 E.