50
A proverbial expression for having no judgment. See Sophocles, Fragm. 307; Plato, "Charmides," 154 B; Erasmus, "Adagia." So we say a person's mind is a blank sheet on a subject he knows nothing about.
51
Euripides, Fragm. 202. Quoted also by Plato, "Gorgias," 484 E.
52
Reading with Reiske, μισθὸν αὑτῷ δοῦναι τῷ μικρὸν σιωπῆσαι μὴ δυνάμενος.
53
A celebrated Greek historian, and pupil of Isocrates. See Cicero, "De Oratore," ii. 13.
54
Of Tarsus. See Cicero, "De Officiis," iii. 12.