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He many times by his Counfel much advanta¬ ged the Athenians.
In his Garments he altc^led Neatnels fo much, that txsHermippus faith, he wore an upper gar¬ ment very precibus and fine.
He was very expert in all Exercifes,aO;ive and well made for a Wreftler, being thin-ear’d and well let, as Antigonus Caryjlius affirmeth ; Whence in his own Country he pra^lifed the Elean Games, and played at Ball.
He was intimate with Eunienes and Attalus beyond all men, who fupply’d lljm with many things. Antiochus alfo would have had him liv¬ ed with him,'but could not get him.
He was fo great an Enemy to Hieronymns the Veripatetick., that upon.a Solemn day (of which already in the Life of Arcefilam) he only for¬ bore to come to him.
He compared Orators to Frogs, thefe, faith he, croak in the water, thofe by the water of an hourglafs.
He was Mailer of the School forty years, fuc- ceeding Strata in the 127//; Olympiad, as he had given Order by his Will.
CHAP. U.
His Will and Death.
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Laertius produceth a Will of his to this effefl.
HUS I difpofe of my Ejiate^ if I jhall not recover of this Sicknejs. All that is in my Houfe I bequeath to the Brethren^ Aftyanax and Lyco, out oj which is to be paid whatfoever I owe at Athens to any Man^ as alfo the Charges of my Funeral and Exequies. What is in the City^ and iEgina, I beftow upon Lyco, becdufe he is of our Name^ and hath lived long with us.^ to our great content m one that deferved the place of a Son. The Peripatum 1 leave to thofe Friends that will make ufe of it., as Bulo, Callinus, A- rifto, Amphio, Lyco, Pytho, Ariftomachus, Hefaclius, Lycomedes, Lyco, my Kinfman. Let them put him in that place who they conceive will perfevere in it., and difcharge it beji, which let the reft of my Friends confirm for my Jake, and the places. My Funeral and the Burning of my Body be fo ordered by Bulo and Callinus, it be not Trodigal nor Niggardly. Out of my E- Jiate at ^gina, let Lyco after my Death give to the Toung Men at much Oyl as will ferve their turns, that thereby the Memory of me and him that Honours me, may be jujily preferved.
♦ For Wreftling Let. themfet up my * Statue,and choofe a fit place mi. other Ex- Jetting up of it, wherein let Diophantus
tf»^Heraclides, Son of Demetrius ajffi them. Out ^ my Rents in the City, let Lyco pay all that 1 have named after . his departure ; in the next place let Bulo and Callinus, and the Ex-
ttdfes.
pcnfes of my Funeral be difcharged. Let that houjltoldfhcjf be taken away which I have left as common betwixt them. Let likevoife the Fhf ficians Pafithemis and Midas be Honoured and Rewarded for their care of me, and for their skill. To the Son of Callinus I leave a couple of Thericlean Lots and to his Wife a couple of Goblets, and a fine Carpet, and a Jhiiggy Carpet, and a Coverlet, and two Couch-Beds, the hefl that are left, that we may not feem unmindful of their due refipeS towards us. As for thofe that
ferved me, 1 order thm -, Demetrius, who hath been long a Frec-man, 1 forgive the price of his Redemption, and be flow upon him five Minf and a Cloak and a Coat and, as having under¬ gone many Labours with me , let him be decently fuppUed with necejfaries. . Crito the Chelcidonian, 1 forgive the price oj his Redemp¬ tion, and bejlow further on him four Mina, Micrus alfo I manumit, whom let Lyco bring up, and fix years hence let him infiruH him. In like manner I manumit Chares, letLyco alfo bring up I give him two Alina, and my Books that have been Tuhlifhed: The reji that have not been Rub- lifhed, let them be given to Callinus, and let him take diligent care for the publifhing of Tm. To Syrus the Free-man I give four Alina, and Menodora, and if heowethme any thing, I for¬ give it him. To Hilara I give five Alma, a Jhaggy Coverlet, two Couch-beds, a Carpet, and which Bed he fhall choofe. I manumit likewife the Mother of Micrus ^z-vc/Noemones andJJion, and Theon, and Euphranor, and Hermias ^ as alfo Agatho, after he hath ferved two years more as alfo Ophelio and Pollidonius, the bear¬ ers of nvy Litter, after they have ferved four years more, Iwill that they be Jet at Liberty. I give moreover, to Demetrius, Crito, and Syrus, to each a Bed and Coverlet, J'uch as Lyco Jhall think fit. This I bejlow on them, for as much as they have exprejfed themf elves faithful in the performance of fuch thmgsas were committed td- their Charge, for my Burial, whether Lyco will have it here or at home, let it be as he voill-, for 1 perfwade my felf, he will do what is fit¬ ting, no lefs than if I had done it my felf. When he jhall have faithfully performed thefe things, let the bequefis oj my Will remain firmWitneffes, Callinus, an Hermionean, Arifto the Chian, Eu- phronius a Roeaniean.
Thus, faith Laenius, having wifely managed all thing appertaining to Learning and Humani¬ ty, his Prudence and Diligence extended even to the making of his Will •, lb that in that re- fpe£t,alfo he deferveth ftudioully to be imitated. He died 74 years old, of the Gout.
There were four of his name.
The firjl, a Pythagorean, mentioned in the Life of Ariftotle.
The fecond, this Peripatetick.
The third, an Epick Poet.
The fourth, an Epigrammatlck Poet.
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ARISTO.
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CRT OLV S irA DIOD 0 RV S. P a r t. VI.
AR ISTO Succeeded Lycty. He was of the Ifland * Gos, famous for a Law, That whofoever exeeded 6o years of age, fhould be put to Death, that there might be no want of Provifion for thofe that were more Serviceable. In former time, faith Strabo, it had four Cities, now there remain but two, Julk and Carth^a, into which the reft were transferred. Pacejfa into Carthvea, Carejjus into Julk. In Julk Arifio was born. He was an Au¬ ditor of Lyco, and Succeeded him in the Govern¬ ment of tire Peripatetick School as Cicero, Plu¬ tarch and Clemens Alexandrtnus affirm.
He was a great imitator of Pion the Borijie- nite. Cicero faith, he was neat and elegant. He wrote a Treatife of 'Nilw, cited by Strabo, and Amatory Similies, frequenty cited by Athenat/s. b Athen. deipn. In the fecond Book of his b Amatory Simi- lies,\iQ{AA\,iPax.PolemoiPiQAcademick advi- fed to provide fuch entertainment at Feafts, as fhould be pleafant not only at the prefent, but alfo on the morrow.
c Athen, deipn. c In the fame Book of his Amatory Smilies, of an Athenian well in years, named Dorus, who would be thought handfome, he apply’d the words of UlyO'es to Dolo,
Rich Prefents Jure may lead away. And thy too eajie Soul betray.
d in the fecond of his Amatory Similies, he d Tktpnt l.iy, ' faith, the Ancients firft bound their heads, con- !
ceiving it good againft the pain caufed by the va- I
pours of the W ine,afterwards for more ornament they ufed Garlands. i
Laertius upon the teftimony of Pan^tius and I
Sojicrates affirmeth, that all the writings af- cribed to Ariflo of Chios the Stoick ( except the Epiftles) belong to Arijio the P crip at etick j their Titles, thefe,
Protrepticks 2.
Of Zeno’ j DoBrine : Scolaflick Dialogues di
OfWifdom, Differ tat ion 7.
Erotick Differtations. 1
Commentaries upon vainglory.
Commentaries 15.
Memorials 3.
Chryis i j.
Againjl Orators
Againji Alexinus’j oppojitionsi
To the DialeUicks 3.
To Cleanthes, Epijiles 4*
C R I T O A U S.
CRitolaus was, according toPlutarch, of Pha- Jelk, an eminent Sea-Town of Lycia -, de- * Ub. 1^. fcribed by * Straboto have three Havens, and a Lake belonging to it. He was an Auditor of Ariflo, and Succeeded him in the School, as Cicero, Plutarch, and Clemens Alexandrtnus _ affirm.
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Diodorus was Difciple to Critolaus, and Suc¬ ceeded him in the School, as is manifeft from Clemens Alexandrinus, who adds, that in his alTertion concerning our chief end, he joyn-
He went to Rome on an Embafly from the A- thenians in the 534/h year, from the building of the City, which falleth upon the 2d year of the 140/h Olympiad. 1
b He condemned Rhetorkk, as being ufed ra- b'flext, Empert ‘ ther as an Artifice, than an Art-
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ed Indolence with HoneJIy. He is mentioned by Cicero how long he taught, or who fucceed^ him, is unknown. Thus far we have an unin- termitted account of the Peripatetic^ School.
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