the Index of Persons). Only Camillus was well known; the others may
have been purposely chosen for their obscurity.
“unknown, unasked-for”: Homer, Odyssey 1.242.4.41 “A little wisp of soul.. .”: Epictetus frg. 26 (presumably from one of the
lost books of the Discourses).
4.46 “When earth dies.. .”: Heraclitus frg. B 76.
“Those who have forgotten.. .”: idem. frg. B 71.
“They are at odds.. .”: idem. frg. B 72.
“they find alien.. .”: idem. frg. B 73.
“Our words and actions.. .”: idem. frg. B 74.4.48 Helike, Pompeii, Herculaneum: Helike was a Greek city destroyed by an
earthquake and tidal wave in 373 B.C. Pompeii and its neighbor city
Herculaneum were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.
79.
4.49a It’s unfortunate: It has been plausibly suggested that this entry is a
quotation from a lost section of Epictetus’s Discourses.
4.50 Caedicianus, Fabius, Julian, Lepidus: With the possible exception of
Caedicianus and Lepidus (see the Index of Persons), none of these
figures can be identified.
- 8 “the doctor”: Literally, “Asclepius.” Patients sleeping in his temple
sometimes had dream visions of the god and received suggestions for
treatment from him. But the name might simply indicate a human
physician.
5.10 a pervert: The Greek word (used also in 6.34) is a contemptuous term
referring to the passive partner in homosexual intercourse; it has no