 J was magnificent and copious, Menelaus acute and concife, Neftor mixed and moderate. This threefold variety was alfo obfervable in three philofophers whom the Athenians fent on an embafiy to Rome and the Senate, to remit the fine impofed upon 'them on...  The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius - Page 88by Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1795 - 386 pages
...fiven. modes of fpeaking are more anciently fpecified by Homer in three diftinct peonages: Ulyfles J •was magnificent and copious, Menelaus acute and...Diogenes the Stoic, and Critolaus the Peripatetic j and being admitted into the SeOf Li]cilius, Quintilian remarks, that there are fome who prefer him... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1795 - 370 pages
...•was magnificent and copious, Menelaus acute and concife, Neftor mixed and moderate. This uhreefold variety was alfo obfervable in three philofophers...were, Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic, a^id. Critolaus the Peripatetic j and being admitted into the SeOf Lucilius, Quintilian remarks, that... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1841 - 522 pages
...the Athenians sent to Rome, consisting of three of the most eminent philosophers of the age, namely, Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic, and Critolaus the Peripatetic ; and though the study was condemned by Cato and many of the old school, it soon made great progress among... | |
 | 1841 - 530 pages
...the Athenians sent to Rome, consisting of three of the most eminent philosophers of the age, namely, Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic, and Critol'aus the Peripatetic; and though the study was condemned by Cato and many of the old school, it soon made great progress among... | |
 | William Binnington Boyce - History - 1884 - 676 pages
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 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...on account of the plundering Oropus. This fine was almost five hundred talents. These philosophers were Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic,...Critolaus the Peripatetic; and being admitted into the senate, they employed C. Acilius, a senator, as their interpreter. But previously each of these, by... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 614 pages
...on account of the plundering Oropus. This fine was almost five hundred talents. These philosophers were Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic,...Critolaus the Peripatetic; and being admitted into the senate, they employed C. Acilius, a senator, as their interpreter. But previously each of these, by... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1927 - 574 pages
...sack of Oropos ; * and the fine amounted to nearly five hundred talents. The philosophers in question were Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic, and Critolaus the Peripatetic. When they were admitted to the House, they made use of Gaius Acilius, one of the senators, as interpreter;... | |
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