grammarian_n help_v he_o as_o they_o can_v our_o sophist_n stand_v full_o convict_v upon_o this_o indictment_n of_o forgery_n and_o imposture_n i_o must_v here_o beg_v leave_n of_o the_o late_a learned_a editor_n of_o our_o mock_n phalaris_n with_o who_o i_o must_v by_o and_o by_o have_v some_o further_a expostulation_n to_o dissent_v from_o their_o new_a version_n of_o this_o passage_n whereby_o this_o argument_n from_o thericles_n will_v vanish_v into_o nothing_o for_o instead_o of_o ten_o couple_n of_o thericlean_a cup_n as_o the_o former_a interpreter_n honest_o translate_v it_o they_o present_v we_o as_o a_o emendation_n with_o the_o like_a number_n of_o glass_n poculorum_fw-la vitreorum_fw-la leave_v we_o not_o the_o least_o footstep_n of_o our_o corinthian_a potter_n but_o methinks_v these_o glass_n come_v in_o but_o odd_o and_o stingy_o among_o those_o other_o thing_n name_v there_o of_o great_a value_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n beautiful_a slave_n fifty_o thousand_o drachmae_fw-la and_o a_o liberal_a yearly_a pension_n for_o life_n if_o agathocles_n the_o tyrant_n have_v make_v this_o present_a of_o a_o score_n of_o glass_n it_o may_v have_v pass_v for_o a_o mark_n of_o favour_n because_o he_o be_v a_o potter_n in_o his_o youth_n and_o we_o may_v suppose_v they_o of_o his_o own_o make_n and_o as_o i_o remember_v diodorus_n tell_v such_o a_o story_n of_o he_o but_o why_o phalaris_n shall_v make_v so_o cheap_a and_o brittle_a a_o compliment_n i_o can_v conjecture_v it_o be_v true_a suidas_n translate_v it_o a_o glass_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o etymolog_n mag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o we_o know_v the_o old_a lexicon_n chief_o consist_v of_o excerpta_fw-la out_o of_o scholiast_n and_o glossary_n upon_o particular_a author_n one_o of_o which_o in_o one_o single_a place_n may_v expound_v it_o a_o glass_n but_o that_o it_o must_v universal_o mean_v so_o or_o particular_o in_o this_o passage_n before_o we_o neither_o the_o use_n of_o the_o language_n nor_o good_a sense_n will_v allow_v for_o beside_o earth_n which_o be_v the_o first_o material_a some_o be_v make_v of_o wood_n as_o theophrastus_n say_v in_o the_o place_n already_o cite_v other_o of_o silver_n or_o gold_n as_o plutarch_n in_o p._n aemilius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o athenaeus_n lib._n v._n p._n 199._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o generosity_n of_o phalaris_n which_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o so_o many_o letter_n to_o suppose_v these_o thericlean_a cup_n to_o be_v silver_n at_o least_o if_o not_o a_o more_o precious_a metal_n iv._o in_o the_o lxxxv_o epistle_n he_o boast_v of_o a_o great_a victory_n obtain_v over_o the_o zancleans_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o very_a precede_a letter_n and_o the_o xxi_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o messenian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o city_n be_v there_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o first_o epist._n he_o speak_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o we_o see_v we_o have_v mention_v make_v of_o zancleans_n and_o messenian_n as_o if_o zancle_n and_o messana_n be_v two_o different_a to_n certain_o the_o true_a phalaris_n can_v not_o write_v thus_o and_o it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o ignorance_n inexcusable_a in_o our_o sophist_n not_o to_o know_v that_o both_o those_o name_n belong_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o city_n at_o different_a time_n strabo_n lib._n vi_o p._n 268._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d messana_n which_o be_v before_o call_v zancle_n see_v also_o herodotus_n lib._n vii_o and_o diodorus_n lib._n iu._n and_o other_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v suspect_v in_o behalf_n of_o these_o epistle_n that_o this_o change_n of_o name_n be_v make_v during_o those_o xvi_o year_n of_o phalaris_n tyranny_n and_o then_o suppose_v the_o lxxxv_o letter_n to_o be_v write_v before_o the_o change_n and_o the_o other_o three_o after_o it_o this_o argument_n will_v be_v evade_v but_o thucydides_n will_v not_o suffer_v this_o suspicion_n to_o pass_v who_o relate_v 414._o that_o at_o the_o time_n of_o xerxes_n expedition_n into_o greece_n which_o be_v olymp._n lxxiii_o anaxilaus_n king_n of_o rhegium_n besiege_v zancle_n and_o take_v it_o and_o call_v it_o messana_n from_o the_o peloponnesian_a city_n of_o that_o name_n the_o place_n of_o his_o nativity_n the_o same_o say_v 23._o herodotus_n and_o agreeable_o to_o this_o narrative_a 37._o diodorus_n set_v down_o the_o death_n of_o this_o anaxilaus_n olymp._n lxxvi_o i._n when_o he_o have_v reign_v xviii_o year_n take_v now_o the_o late_a account_n of_o phalaris_n death_n according_a to_o to_o st._n hierom_n and_o above_o lx_o year_n intervene_v between_o that_o and_o the_o new_a name_n of_o zancle_n so_o that_o unless_o we_o dare_v ascribe_v to_o that_o tyrant_n a_o spirit_n of_o vaticination_n we_o can_v acquit_v the_o author_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o so_o manifest_a a_o cheat_n but_o i_o love_v to_o deal_v ingenuous_o and_o will_v not_o conceal_v one_o testimony_n in_o his_o favour_n which_o be_v that_o of_o 134._o pausanias_n who_o tell_v the_o story_n very_o different_o from_o herodotus_n and_o thucydides_n place_v this_o same_o anaxilaus_n of_o rhegium_n about_o a_o clxxx_o year_n high_o than_o they_o do_v that_o he_o assist_v the_o refugee_n of_o messana_n in_o peloponnesus_n after_o the_o second_o war_n with_o the_o spartan_n to_o take_v zancle_n in_o sicily_n which_o thereupon_o be_v call_v messana_n olymp._n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o if_o this_o be_v true_a we_o must_v needs_o put-in_a one_o word_n for_o our_o sophist_n that_o phalaris_n may_v name_v the_o messenian_n without_o pretend_v to_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n 85._o cluverius_n indeed_o will_v spoil_v all_o again_o for_o he_o make_v it_o a_o fault_n in_o our_o copy_n of_o pausanias_n and_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xxix_o olymp._n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lxix_o which_o be_v too_o great_a a_o number_n to_o do_v our_o author_n any_o service_n but_o we_o will_v not_o take_v a_o advantage_n against_o he_o from_o a_o mistake_n of_o cluverius_n for_o without_o question_n the_o true_a lection_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xxix_o because_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messenian_a war_n agree_v with_o that_o computation_n and_o not_o with_o the_o other_o and_o the_o ancient_a 39_o catalogue_n of_o the_o olympionicae_n put_v chionis_n victory_n at_o that_o very_a year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o if_o pausanias_n credit_n be_v able_a to_o bear_v he_o out_o our_o author_n as_o to_o this_o present_a point_n may_v still_o come_v off_o with_o reputation_n but_o alas_o what_o can_v pausanias_n do_v for_o he_o or_o for_o himself_o against_o herodotus_n and_o thucydides_n that_o live_v so_o near_o the_o time_n they_o speak_v of_o against_o those_o other_o unknown_a author_n that_o diodorus_n transcribe_v against_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o history_n confirm_v by_o so_o many_o synchronism_n and_o concurrence_n that_o even_o demonstrate_v anaxilaus_n to_o have_v live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o xerxes_n and_o his_o father_n when_o theron_n and_o not_o phalaris_n be_v 438_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d monarch_n of_o agrigentum_n nay_o though_o we_o shall_v be_v so_o oblige_v so_o partial_a to_o our_o sophist_n as_o for_o his_o sake_n to_o credit_n pausanias_n against_o so_o much_o great_a authority_n yet_o still_o the_o botch_n be_v incurable_a it_o be_v run_v in_o debt_n with_o one_o man_n to_o pay_v off_o another_o for_o how_o then_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o the_o messenian_n in_o another_o letter_n be_v in_o this_o call_v zancleans_n which_o by_o that_o reckon_n of_o pausanias_n have_v be_v a_o obsolete_a forget_a word_n a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o date_n of_o this_o pretend_a epistle_n v._o that_o same_o xcii_o letter_n which_o have_v furnish_v we_o already_o with_o one_o detection_n of_o the_o imposture_n will_n if_o strict_o examine_v make_v a_o second_o confession_n from_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o threat_n of_o phalaris_n to_o the_o himeraean_n that_o he_o will_v extirpate_v they_o like_o a_o pinetree_n now_o here_o again_o be_o i_o concern_v for_o our_o sophist_n that_o he_o be_v thus_o take_v trip_v for_o the_o original_a of_o this_o say_v be_v thus_o relate_v by_o 37._o herodotus_n when_o the_o lampsaceni_n in_o asia_n have_v take_v captive_a miltiades_n the_o athenian_a croesus_n king_n of_o lydia_n send_v they_o a_o message_n that_o if_o they_o do_v not_o set_v he_o free_a he_o will_v come_v and_o extirpate_v they_o like_o a_o pine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n of_o lampsacus_n understand_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o that_o expression_n like_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o this_o be_v do_v while_o the_o roman_n be_v at_o war_n with_o king_n pyrrhus_n that_o be_v olymp._n cxxv_o which_o be_v above_o cclxx_o year_n after_o phalaris_n death_n take_v even_o the_o late_a account_n of_o st._n hierom._n a_o pretty_a slip_n this_o of_o our_o sophist_n who_o like_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o profession_n be_v more_o verse_v in_o the_o book_n of_o orator_n than_o historian_n to_o introduce_v his_o tyrant_n borrow_v money_n of_o a_o city_n almost_o ccc_o year_n before_o it_o be_v name_v or_o build_v ii_o in_o the_o xcii_o epistle_n he_o threaten_v stesichorus_n the_o poet_n for_o raise_v money_n and_o soldier_n against_o he_o at_o aluntium_n and_o alaesa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o perhaps_o he_o may_v be_v snap_v before_o he_o get_v home_o again_o from_o alaesa_n to_o himera_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o a_o pity_n it_o be_v again_o that_o the_o sophist_n have_v not_o read_v diodorus_n for_o he_o will_v have_v tell_v he_o that_o this_o alaesa_n be_v not_o in_o be_v in_o phalaris_n day_n 246._o it_o be_v first_o build_v by_o archonides_n a_o sicilian_a olymp._n xciv_o 2._o or_o as_o other_o say_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n about_o two_o year_n before_o so_o that_o here_o be_v above_o cxx_o year_n slip_v since_o the_o late_a period_n of_o phalaris_n and_o we_o must_v add_v above_o a_o dozen_o more_o to_o the_o reckon_n upon_o the_o sophist_n own_o score_n for_o this_o letter_n be_v suppose_v to_o bear_v date_n before_o stesichorus_n and_o phalaris_n be_v make_v friend_n which_o be_v a_o dozen_o year_n as_o he_o tell_v his_o tale_n 103._o before_o stesichorus_n die_v and_o phalaris_n he_o make_v to_o survive_v he_o i_o be_o aware_a that_o the_o same_o author_n say_v ibid._n that_o there_o be_v other_o city_n in_o sicily_n call_v alaesa_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o situation_n that_o this_o alaesa_n of_o archonides_n be_v mean_v in_o the_o epistle_n for_o this_o lie_v on_o the_o same_o coast_n with_o himera_n and_o aluntium_n to_o which_o two_n the_o sophist_n here_o join_v it_o and_o be_v at_o a_o small_a distance_n from_o they_o and_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o other_o town_n of_o that_o name_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o sophist_n the_o rest_n be_v ruin_v long_o before_o iii_o the_o lxx_o epistle_n give_v a_o account_n of_o several_a rich_a present_n to_o polyclitus_n the_o messenian_a physician_n for_o do_v a_o great_a cure_n upon_o phalaris_n among_o the_o rest_n he_o name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ten_o couple_n of_o thericlean_a cup_n but_o there_o be_v another_o thing_n beside_o a_o pretty_a invention_n very_o useful_a to_o a_o liar_n and_o that_o be_v a_o good_a memory_n for_o we_o will_v suppose_v our_o author_n to_o have_v once_o know_v something_o of_o these_o cup_n the_o time_n and_o the_o reason_n they_o be_v first_o call_v so_o but_o that_o he_o have_v unhappy_o forget_v it_o when_o he_o write_v this_o epistle_n they_o be_v large_a drinking-cup_n of_o a_o peculiar_a shape_n so_o call_v from_o the_o first_o contriver_n of_o they_o one_o thericles_n a_o corinthian_a potter_n pliny_n by_o mistake_v his_o author_n theophrastus_n make_v he_o a_o turner_n lib._n xvi_o cap._n 40._o celebratur_fw-la &_o thericles_n nomine_fw-la calices_fw-la ex_fw-la terebintho_fw-la solitus_fw-la facere_fw-la torno_fw-la the_o word_n of_o theophrastus_n be_v these_o hist._n plant._n i._n v._o cap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o turner_n make_v thericlean_a cup_n of_o the_o turpentine_n tree_n which_o can_v be_v distinguish_v from_o those_o make_v by_o the_o potter_n here_o can_v nothing_o be_v gather_v hence_o to_o make_v thericles_n himself_o a_o turner_n for_o after_o he_o have_v first_o invent_v they_o they_o be_v call_v thericlean_a from_o their_o shape_n whatsoever_o artificer_n make_v they_o and_o whether_o of_o earth_n or_o of_o wood_n or_o of_o metal_n but_o as_o i_o say_v by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o writer_n we_o must_v call_v he_o a_o potter_n hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n in_o lexiphanes_n pag._n 960._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etymologicon_fw-la m._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n of_o eubulus_n who_o he_o cite_v be_v extant_a in_o athenaeus_n lib._n xi_o p._n 471._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v inquire_v be_v the_o age_n of_o this_o thericles_n and_o we_o learn_v that_o from_o athenaeus_n one_o witness_n indeed_o but_o as_o good_a as_o a_o multitude_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n pag._n 470._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o cup_n say_v he_o be_v invent_v by_o thericles_n the_o corinthian_a potter_n who_o be_v contemporary_a with_o aristophanes_n the_o comedian_n and_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o have_v this_o indication_n from_o some_o fable_n of_o that_o poet_n be_v now_o lose_v where_o that_o corinthian_a be_v mention_v as_o one_o then_o alive_a but_o all_o the_o play_n that_o we_o have_v leave_v of_o his_o be_v know_v to_o have_v be_v write_v and_o act_v between_o the_o lxxxiix_n and_o xcvii_o olympiad_n which_o be_v a_o interval_n of_o xxxvi_o year_n take_v now_o the_o very_a first_o year_n of_o that_o number_n and_o thericles_n with_o the_o cup_n that_o have_v their_o appellation_n from_o he_o come_v above_o cxx_o year_n after_o phalaris_n death_n but_o i_o must_v remove_v one_o objection_n that_o may_v be_v make_v against_o the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n for_o some_o ancient_a grammarian_n give_v a_o quite_o different_a account_n why_o such_o cup_n be_v call_v thericlean_a some_o derive_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o skin_n of_o beast_n that_o be_v figure_v upon_o they_o and_o pamphilus_n the_o alexandrian_a 471._o will_v have_v they_o call_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o beast_n be_v scare_v and_o frighten_v when_o in_o sacrifice_n wine_n be_v pour_v 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athenaeus_n who_o he_o say_v reads_z it_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o may_v be_v certain_a it_o be_v a_o fault_n only_o in_o that_o copy_n of_o he_o that_o casaubon_n use_v for_o eustathius_n who_o appear_v never_o to_o have_v see_v the_o true_a athenaeus_n but_o only_o that_o epitome_n read_v it_o in_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o take_v it_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o i_o now_o interpret_v it_o p._n 1209._o iliad_n h_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o now_o for_o those_o two_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v ever_o any_o thing_n so_o force_v so_o frigid_a so_o unworthy_a of_o refutation_n do_v not_o common_a analogy_n plain_o show_v that_o as_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o many_o such_o like_a so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beside_o so_o many_o express_a authority_n for_o it_o which_o i_o have_v cite_v before_o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v that_o of_o julius_n pollux_n l._n vi_o c._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o plutarch_n in_o p._n aemilius_n pag._n 273._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o clemens_n alexand._n ii_o paed._n p._n 69._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o one_o may_v just_o infer_v that_o both_o plutarch_n and_o clemens_n believe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o join_v they_o with_o those_o other_o cup_n all_o which_o have_v their_o name_n from_o man_n that_o either_o invent_v or_o use_v they_o and_o so_o say_v a_o manuscript_n note_n upon_o that_o passage_n of_o clemens_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o upon_o the_o whole_a let_v pamphilus_n and_o those_o other_o
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our_o mock-tyrant_n triumph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o have_v utter_o rout_v the_o tauromenites_n and_o the_o zancleans_n but_o there_o be_v a_o old_a and_o true_a say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o new_a and_o strange_a thing_n happen_v in_o war._n for_o we_o have_v just_a now_o see_v those_o same_o rout_v zancleans_n rise_v up_o again_o after_o a_o thousand_o year_n to_o give_v he_o a_o worse_a defeat_n and_o now_o the_o other_o too_o be_v take_v their_o turn_n to_o revenge_v their_o old_a loss_n for_o these_o though_o they_o be_v call_v tauromenites_n both_o here_o and_o in_o the_o xv_o xxxi_o and_o xxxiii_o epistle_n make_v protestation_n against_o the_o name_n and_o declare_v they_o be_v call_v naxian_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o true_a phalaris_n taurominium_n quae_fw-la antea_fw-la naxos_n say_v pliny_n lib._n iii_o c._n viii_o taurominium_n quam_fw-la prisci_fw-la naxon_n vocabant_fw-la say_v solinus_n cap._n xi_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o herodotus_n and_o thucydides_n because_o they_o write_v before_o the_o change_n of_o the_o name_n never_o speak_v of_o taurominium_n but_o of_o naxos_n and_o the_o naxian_o a_o full_a account_n of_o the_o time_n and_o the_o reason_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o change_n be_v thus_o give_v by_o 305._o diodorus_n some_o sicilian_n plant_v themselves_o olymp_n xcvi_o 1._o upon_o a_o hill_n call_v taurus_n near_o the_o ruin_n of_o naxus_n and_o build_v a_o new_a town_n there_o which_o they_o call_v tauromenion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o their_o settlement_n upon_o taurus_n about_o forty_o year_n after_o this_o olymp._n cv_o 3._o 411._o one_o andromachus_n a_o tauromenite_fw-la gather_v all_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o old_a naxian_o that_o be_v disperse_v through_o sicily_n and_o persuade_v they_o to_o fix_v there_o this_o be_v such_o a_o plain_a and_o punctual_a testimony_n that_o neither_o the_o power_n and_o stratagem_n of_o the_o tyrant_n nor_o the_o rhetoric_n of_o the_o sophist_n be_v able_a to_o evade_v it_o where_o be_v those_o then_o that_o cry_v up_o phalaris_n for_o the_o florid_n author_n of_o the_o letter_n who_o be_v burn_v in_o his_o own_o bull_n above_o cl_n year_n before_o taurominium_n be_v ever_o think_v on_o but_o i_o shall_v not_o omit_v one_o thing_n in_o defence_n of_o the_o epistle_n which_o though_o it_o will_v not_o do_v the_o work_n let_v it_o go_v however_o as_o far_o as_o it_o can_v we_o have_v allow_v that_o pythagoras_n be_v contemporary_a with_o phalaris_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o history_n of_o that_o philosopher_n we_o be_v tell_v of_o his_o conversation_n and_o exploit_n at_o taurominium_n porphyry_n say_v 169._o he_o deliver_v croton_n and_o himera_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o taurominium_n from_o tyrant_n and_o 193_o that_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o day_n he_o be_v at_o metapontium_n in_o italy_n and_o taurominium_n in_o sicily_n the_o same_o story_n be_v tell_v by_o 128._o jamblichus_n who_o supply_v we_o too_o with_o 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