II. He burnt all his writings, as Hecaton tells us in the first book of his Apophthegms, and said:—
As if he meant that they were all nonsense. But some say that it was the notes which he had taken of the lectures of Theophrastus which he burnt, quoting the following verse:—
III. He used to say that some things could be bought with money, as for instance a house; and some with time and industry, as education; that wealth was mischievous, if a man did not use it properly.
IV. He died at a great age, having suffocated himself.
V. His pupils were Theombrotus and Cleomenes, Demetrius of Alexandria, the son of Theombrotus, Timarchus of Alexandria, the son of Cleomenes, and Echecles, of Ephesus. Not but what Echecles was also a pupil of Theombrotus; and Menedemus, of whom we shall speak hereafter, was his pupil. Menippus, of Sinope, too, was a very eminent person in his school.
LIFE OF HIPPARCHIA.
I. Hipparchia, the sister of Metrocles, was charmed among others, by the doctrines of this school.
II. Both she and Metrocles were natives of Maronea. She