Plato, "Republic," v. p. 474 E. Compare also Lucretius, iv. 1160-1170; Horace, "Satires," i. 3. 38 sq.

This Ptolemy was a votary of Cybele, and a spiritual ancestor of General Booth. The worship of Cybele is well described by Lucretius, ii. 598-643.

This was Ptolemy Auletes, as the former was Ptolemy Philopator.

See Suetonius, "Nero," ch. 21.

"Plerumque minuta voce cantillare."—Wyttenbach. What Milton would have called "a lean and flashy song."

Naso suspendit adunco, as Horace, "Sat." i. 6. 5.