¹⁶⁷ Orpheus, under whose name there was current in the time of Arnobius an immense mass of literature freely used, and it is probable sometimes supplemented, by Christian writers. Cf. c. 19.

¹⁶⁸ Lit, "put forth with Greek mouth."

¹⁶⁹ Lit., "tossing."

¹⁷⁰ It may be well to observe that Arnobius differs from the Greek versions of these lines found in Clem. Alex. (vol. ii. p. 177) and Eusebius (Praepar. Evang. ii. 3), omitting all mention of Iacchus, who is made very prominent by them; and that he does not adhere strictly to metrical rules, probably, as Heraldus pointed out, because, like the poets of that age, he paid little heed to questions of quantity. Whether Arnobius has merely paraphrased the original as found in Clement and Eusebius, or had a different version of them before him, is a question which can only be discussed by means of a careful comparison between the Greek and Latin forms of the verses with the context in both cases.

¹⁷¹ So LB., Hild., and Oehler, reading Erechthidoe O (inserted by Hild.) for the ms. erithideo.

¹⁷² i.e. Athenians.

¹⁷³ The ms., 1st ed., Hild., and Oehler read ita-"It is thus not," etc.; the others as above, ista.

¹⁷⁴ Delatione calumniosa. [Conf. vol. ii. p. 175, col. 2.]

¹⁷⁵ Cyceon. (P. 499, supra, and 503, infra.]

¹⁷⁶ The ms. reads exci-ta, corrected as above, ex cista, in the margins of Ursinus.

¹⁷⁷ [It is a pity that all this must be retailed anew after Clement, vol. ii. pp. 175, 177, notes.]

¹⁷⁸ Lit., "by stealthy frauds."

¹⁷⁹ Lit. "is the honour of virginity snatched from them?"

¹⁸⁰ Sine veniâ ac sine honoribus praefatis..

¹⁸¹ So Stewechius, LB., and Orelli, reading spec-t-u in t-ali for the ms. in specu ali.

¹⁸² Lit., "light." [Note Clement, vol. ii. p. 175, col. 2, line 12.]

¹⁸³ So the ms., Hild. and Oehler reading noscentis.

¹⁸⁴ This allusion is somewhat obscure. Heraldus regards tricas Tellenas as akin in sense to t. Atellanas, i.e., "comic trifles;" in which case the sense would be, that Arnobius had been heaping up any trifles which would keep him back from the disagreeable subject. Ausonius Popma (quoted by Orelli) explains the phrase with reference to the capture of Tellenae by Ancus Martius as meaning "something hard to get through."

¹⁸⁵ The ms. reads alimoniae, corrected from Clem. Alex. by Salmasius, Alimontia, i.e. celebrated at Halimus in Attica.

¹⁸⁶ Lit., "in pure senses." [Ironically said.]

¹⁸⁷ Cicero (de Nat. Deor., iii. 23) speaks of five Dionysi, the father of the fifth being Nisus. Arnobius had this passage before him in writing the fourth book (cf. c. 15, and n. 2), so that he may here mean to speak of Liber similarly.

¹⁸⁸ Lit., "that he will be."

¹⁸⁹ So the ms., acc. to Hild., reading expe-titionis; acc. to Crusius, the ms. gives -ditionis-"(having accomplished) his expedition."

¹⁹⁰ Lit., "is surveying with all careful examination."

¹⁹¹ ms. cuius. [Retailed from Clement, vol. ii. p. 180. As to the arguments the Fathers were compelled to use with heathen, see note 5, same volume, p. 206.]

¹⁹² i.e., the sceptic.

¹⁹³ Cum wanting in the ms..

¹⁹⁴ Lit. "by right of friendship."

¹⁹⁵ Lit., "of."

¹⁹⁶ Lit., "of holy divinity." Orelli thinks, and with reason, that Arnobius refers to the words which Terence puts into the mouth of Chaerea (Eun., iii. 5, vv. 36-43), who encourages himself to give way to lust by asking, "Shall I, a man, not do this?" when Jove had done as much. [Elucidation III.]

¹⁹⁷ Lit., "to speak of any one as atheist...of those who," etc.

¹⁹⁸ So the ms. and edd., reading in eo, for which we should perhaps read in eos-"heap upon them."

¹⁹⁹ Subsicivis laudibus.

²⁰⁰ Lit., "to the reward (meritum) of divinity."

²⁰¹ Lit., "unwounded."

²⁰² So the edd., reading tardati for the ms. tradatis, except Hild., who reads tardatis.

²⁰³ i.e., the gods.

²⁰⁴ Exoletos. Cf. iv. c. 35, note 13, p. 487, supra.

²⁰⁵ Subditivis secretis.

²⁰⁶ Both Roman edd. and ms. read dicet-"shall say;" all others as above-dicit.

²⁰⁷ i.e., Jupiter.

²⁰⁸ Lit., "in the signification of his daughter."

²⁰⁹ So the margin of Ursinus-ut reris for the ms. ut ce-reris.

²¹⁰ Lit., "colours of."

²¹¹ The ms. and both Roman edd. read indecorum est, which leaves the sentence incomplete. LB., followed by later edd., proposed de-cursum est, as above (Oehler, inde d.-"from these recourse has been had"), the other conjectures tending to the same meaning.

²¹² "We need only;" lit., "it is enough for us to."

²¹³ Lit., "heard."

²¹⁴ Lit., "in the obscure mind of senses."

²¹⁵ "Or at the time," aut tum, the correction of LB, for the ms. sutum.

²¹⁶ Lit., "fear of any reason and of religion."

²¹⁷ Lit., "proper."

²¹⁸ Lit., "from shut-up things."

²¹⁹ Rei.

²²⁰ Lit., "placed."

²²¹ Lit., "his suspicion and conjectural (perhaps "probable") inference."

²²² Lit., "to be deduced with variety of expositions through numberless ways."

²²³ The ms., first four edd., and Hild. read de his-"about these," corrected in the others dîs or diis, as above.

²²⁴ Lit., "each."

²²⁵ Pl.

²²⁶ Lit., "call."

²²⁷ i.e., Proserpine. The readiness with which Arnobius breaks the form of the sentence should be noted. At first the gods represent physical phenomena, but immediately after natural events are put for the gods. In the ms. two copyists have been at work, the earlier giving Libero, which is rather out of place, and is accordingly corrected by the later, Libera followed by LB., Oberthür, Orelli, Hild., and Oehler.

²²⁸ The ms. reads primo. Cf. c. 20.

²²⁹ Proles.

²³⁰ [kukewn, a draught resembling caudle. See p. 499, note 10.]

²³¹ Lit., "by change of things."

²³² The ms. omits ad, supplied by Ursinus.

²³³ So all edd., except Hild. and Oehler, reading obscur-atis for the ms. -itatibus.

²³⁴ Lit., "were placed above the interior truth."

²³⁵ Lit., "with simple senses."

²³⁶ i.e., involved in obscurity.

²³⁷ i.e., free from ambiguity.

²³⁸ Lit., "of shut-off obscurities."

²³⁹ The reference is to the words in the middle of the chapter, "how do you know which part is simple?" etc.; Arnobius now saying that he does not see how this can be known.

²⁴⁰ Proles.

²⁴¹ Lit., "for penalty and."

²⁴² Lit., "in their customs and conditions."

²⁴³ i.e., if historical, the whole must be so, as bits of allegory would not fit in.

²⁴⁴ Cicero, pro Rosc. Am., c. 32.

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