P. 100. Primæ autem ætatis nulla ad noftram memoriam monumenta fervata funt, nifi Antiphontis aliquot Orationes, fortaffe fpuriæ.-Mr. S. has not escaped that fafhionable pro, penfity of the age, which is fond of unfettling by fly infinuation what it dares not fairly to encounter by ftrength of argument. In the word fortaffe fkulks a fuggeftion unfair and mifchievous; unfair, becaufe no grounds for fufpicion of their being forged, have been alledged; and mifchievous, becaufe, unqualified as it now ftands, the pofition becomes virtually a grofs violation of all manner of evidence, and the ignorant, or what is worse, the ill-difpofed, who are previously refolved againít all conviction, might, with as little trouble, deftroy the credit of all the genuine remains of antiquity. We remember the falutary precept of Epi

charmus:

Νήφε, καὶ μέμνησ' ἀπιστεῖν· ἄρθρα ταῦτα τῶν φρενῶν·

but fome modern writers, not fatisfied with that degree of probability, which the fubject in difpute is fufceptible of, require fuch evidence as it is at this time impoffible to ad, duce. It is furely equitable to admit the validity of their claim to be genuine, until the contrary be duly proved. Mr. S. may, perhaps, take the critical word of Jonfus de Script. Hift. Philof. p. 325, who denounces them as the taflelefs effufions of fophifts or fchoolmen, and unworthy the genius of that orator. But can Jonfius bear him out against the conftant tradition and general warrant of former ages? Has Mr. S. read deliberately thofe orations (called adyo Conxoi), quas ipfi antiqui Grammatici, quorum ípectatą eft eruditio, (Photius), Harpocration, Pollux, Ammonius, Šuidas, non modo ut genuinas probarunt, verum etiam tanquam Attici sermonis normam adhibuerunt? Will he contend that the character of that orator drawn by Cæcilius is not appli cable to thofe compofitions? and is he prepared to expofe the futility of Ruhnkenius's* DISSERTATIO DE ANTIPHONTE, whofe exuberant erudition has alfo, in our humble opinion, borne irrefragable teftimony on this fide of the question? If not, we would advise Mr. S. not to deal out his gueffes againft matters of fact, and to regard himself fufficiently not to grapple with the mighty difciple of Hemfter bufius.

Mr. S. p. 74. has very calmly honoured V. Van Spaan with this noble Dyputation!

P. 100,

P. 106, 18. apud Andocidem, p. 2, 3. áλwoar-fevdoμapTufivres quamvis legatur etiam in Or. Ifaei iv. p. 52, 14. mutandum eft in eudoμapTupouvres; five potius, fignata in - talibus locutione, ξάλωσαν χευδομαρτυριών. fic quivis loquuntur Oratores, Lyfias p. 182, 7. Ifæus p. 51, 40. Demofthenes, ceterique. VALCK. in N. F. p. 345:

P. 107, 24. The converfe of this fubftitution at p. 144, 19, might have been inflanced, as well as thofe fpecified by PORS. in App. ad Toup. Em. in Suid, p. 453.

P. 133, 28. rà de fic leg, pro re re Matthiæ Mifc. Philol. ii, 114. 3.

P. 134, 8. Quo in loco, tribus futilibus conjecturis mactato, reliquit tamen Reifk. Hespaidos, quod ex Antico more mutandum fuit in espais." Wolf. in Leptin,

p. 229.

P. 174, 4. The paffage in Suidas, v. Dias, is taken from Syncfius's Encom. calvit. p. 83. A. ed. Petavii. Dhézs Ανδοκίδην ἱεροσυλίας ἐγράψατο· ὥσπερ οὐκ αυτὸς ὢν ὁ τῆς θεοῦ τὸ γοργόνειον ἐξ ἀκροπόλεως ὑφελόμενος.

Ibid. 1. 25. which glofs has been copied from Photius Lex. MS. by Suidas v. "Ροπτρον. from whom Euftathius bas borrowed it, p. 581, 25=288, 43.

P. 177, 1. Reference fhould have been made to the fame emendation imparted by VALCK. to RUHNKENIUS ad Homerid. hym. in Cer. 269.

P. 206. 6.—" Igitur, fi Æfchines lacinia Andocidea non potuiffe uti videatur, magis in illam propendebat fententiam Valckenarius, ut eam Afchineæ Orationi ab alio adfutam arbitraretur." Where has VALCKENER intimated his predilection for this opinion?" in Afchinis or. de Falfa Legat. p. 51, 28. pro venkovai, genuina marginis eft lectio, Thν Kúpaν Tuntivar quam præbet Andocidis or. de Pace, p. 24. 25. ex qua multa funt ad Æfchinis orationem male adjecta"-ad Callimachea, p. 26.

P. 281. 26--Here we would have continued " ix. 704. 58.-in imitaciais etiam λoyos, quibus nomina præfiguntur Demofthenis et Lyfia"-ad or. de rer. Belg. p. 218. "Sub nominibus Lyfiæ et Demofthenis Ἐπιτάφιοι λόγοι proftant ; fed, meo quidem arbitratu, ingeniis Sophiftarum multo dig niores, quam Demofthenis et Lyfia." If the declamation afcribed to the latter, continue, in fpite of every remonftrance, to obtain a place in collections for the ufe of fchools —Eppa Tüv didis-Talia fuperior ætas nimis patienter tulit. Veneremur antiquitatem, ficut par eft. Sed longe a nobis abfit male fana religio,

αν

Having performed the invidious part of our duty, we pass to the more pleasant task of exhibiting fpecimens of the intrinfic value of this publication.-Illiberale eft eum ob ea, quae reliquit vitia, defraudare laude et gratia benefactorum; fed illiberale etiam non profiteri verum.-And fince communications from the Adverfaria of a fcholar, whofe name needs no extenfion, grace the Lectiones Andocideæ, no common intereft will be excited by the announcing of these valuable acceffions to ancient literature.-The fourth oration, according to the common arrangement, has been adjudged, with great parade of infufficient reasoning, to the feeble fon of Erafiftratus. RUHNKENIUS, not fatisfied with that differtation, commenced his profound researches to unravel the intricacy: enabled to penetrate the darkest receffes of antiquity, and delighted in inveftigating the fources, and in tracing the fucceffive fhapes of gloffes, which evince their worth by their fabric, he fummoned, as ufual, the inedited, as well as printed remnants of theogonifts, rhetoricians, lexicographers, and fcholiafts, who could give evidence on this litigated fact; ftated with precision the credit due to each, and, conducting us with fteady calmness of argumentation through the painful mazes of fubtlety, eftablished the genuineness of the compofition by a force of teftimony which warrants conviction. This quef tion, however, had not escaped the unwearied and fagacious mind of V.; and his reputation as a critic will not be impaired by an infpection of this unfinished difputation: we view the efforts of a more penetrating acutenefs feldom carrying us beyond published atteftations, with the fober decifions of an enquirer, who could, in an instant, raise a hoft of forgotten vouchers, all ranged at will, to illuftrate and confirm his argument. The occafional coincidence of thefe really great men evinces the truth of their induction, and their diverfity fhows the copioufnefs and competition of proofs in favour of their determination. R. has accumulated external depofitions, and V. has touched upon several points of internal evidence, omitted by the pervading genius of his colleague. The difcuffion, indeed, of the former, reminds us of the fertile refources, nice difcernment, and eafy unaffected nethod of his venerable mafter, the BELGIC VARRO; while V. in this, as in other lucubrations, ftrongly recals to our memory the daring penetration and inftinctive wifdom of our immortal BENTLEY.

Erudite difputans I. TAYLORUS Lect. Lyf. Cap. 6.-probabiliter evincit Orationem, quæ quarta Andocidis dicitur, con

tra

tra Alcibiadem, non effe illius, fed Phaeacis. Quamvis autem TIB. HEMSTERHUSIUM* (ad Thom. Mag. p. 810. B.) in fuam fententiam pertraxerit, exiftimo probabiliter tantum difputaffe, neutiquam probaffe. Venufta, fateor, et ingeniofa ifta eft Taylori difputatio, fed plena juvenilis jactantiæ, quam fic claudit: "Tu, Lector, conftanter, ubi tempus ad eam rem tulerit, meæ famæ periculo cites Orationem Phæacis contra Alci biadem." Ut hoc demonftret, primum ponit tres ex Oratione defumtas notas, quibus auctor poffit dignofci; deinde contendit, has notas Phaæaci tantum convenire. De fingulis videamus.

"Io. Ait difputari in hac caufsâ, quemnam e tribus oftra cifmo plecterent Athenienfes, Oratorem, an Alcibiadem, an Ni ciam? tum p. 695. e Plutarcho demonftrare nititur, de Oftra cifmo inter hos tres fuiffe difputatum. Loca Plutarchi funt Tom. I. p. 196. D. p. 530. in fine et 531. Priori loco ait Plutar chus, cum juvenis Alcibiades ad Rempublicam accederet, facile eum reliquis Demagogis palmam præripuifle cofque proftra viffe, fed certamen habuiffe cum Phæace Erafiftrati F., et cum Nicia Nicerati F. τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους εὐθὺς ἐταπείνωσε δημαγωγούς, ἀγῶνα δ' εἶχε πρός τε Φαίακα τὸν ̓Ερασιστράτου καὶ Νικίαν τον Νικηράτου, hunc ducem egregium; illum, qui, ut ipfe Alcibiades, po tentiâ tunc et auctoritate crefcere inceperat, et haud ignobili ftirpe erat oriundus ;-Φαίακα δ ̓ ἀρχόμενον, ὥσπερ αὐτὸς) αὐξάνεσθαι τότε, καὶ γνωρίμων ὄντα πατέρων, ἐλαττούμενον δὲ τοῖς τε ἄλλοις, καὶ περὶ τὸν Aoyo. Cumque (addit Plutarchus,) populus videretur unum de tribus ejecturus Oftracifmo, Alcibiades, initâ cum Niciâ trapia, effecit, ut poena in accufatorem Hyperbolum verteretur." tamen, auctore ibidem Plutarcho, adfirmabant iftam focietatem ab Alcibiade initam cum Phaeace, non cum Niciâ (p. 197. B.) ὡς δ ̓ ἔνιοι φασίν, οὐ πρὸς Νικίαν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς Φαίακα διαλεχθείς (an διαλλαχθεὶς ?) καὶ τὴν ἐκείνου προσλαβὼν ἑταιρείαν, ἐξήλασε τὸν Ὑπέρα Bodov. Qui inter iftos vinus fic fenferit, cum Phaeace partes junxiffe Alcibiadem, non cum Niciâ, Theophraftus citatur à Plu tarcho (in Nicià p. 531. A.) qui ipfe tamen plurium fententiam Jubens fequitur. At vero nihil Plutarchus de difputatione fuper Oftracifino inter hos tres Viros, nihil de actione judiciariâ, quæ tamen clareret, fi haec Oratio effet Phæacis. Tum porro, fi illa habita effet a Phaeace, Alcibiades, indigniffimis modis ab illo laceratus, nunquam fe cum illo potuiffet conciliare: Quin potius adverfus hunc ipfum cum Nicia confpiraffet, non contra Hyperbolum. Ipfe etiam Nicias, in fuis Orationibus apud Thu. cydidem, quam tecte et cautè tangit Alcibiadem, nihil aperte,

Alii

Pierfon. ad Moerin, p. 332. was alfo confiderably inAuenced by the plaufibility of Taylor's reafoning and Toup. has in vain laboured to diftort one of the fafeguards of its genuinenefs, in Em, ad Harpocr. IV, 405;

nihil quod de Oftracismo inter fe actione judiciaria illos certaffe fit indicio? Immo pæne fufpicor, xai Nixias in Andocide p. 29, V. 12. ab eruditulo adjectum vel e Thucydide, vel e Plutarcho. Permirum enim effet de Alcibiade folo, de Niciâ ne verbum quidem, dicere Oratorem in tota Oratione. Si vel hunc Oftracifmo fecum contendere judicaffet indignum, hoc faitem meo judicio fuiffet dicendum. Quod fi tamen Phacacem hic cauffam egiffe quis velit, fufpicari poterit, Orationem ab Andocide fcriptam fub perfonâ Phaeacis, qui illam recitaverit. Aliter quidem Taylorus, qui Plutarchum emendat; cumque apud illum legatur, Φέρεται καὶ λόγος τις κατ' ̓Αλκιβιάδου καὶ Φαίακος γεγραμμένος, ille, at fuam opinionem ftabiliat, corrigit, ὑπὸ Φαίακος γεγραμμένος, Contra non attingit Taylorus quod eft in Vitá Andocidis, {p. 835. Α.)—σώζεται αὐτοῦ (Andocidis) καὶ ἀπολογία πρὸς Φαί

"II. Alteram notam Taylorus ponit Oratorem effe domo hu. mili potius et ignobili quam illuftri, ex. p. 33. si deĩ xatà vivos (xai τὸ γένος Steph.) σκοπεῖν, ἐμοὶ μὲν ουδαμόθεν προσήκει τούτου τοῦ πράγο aros atque illam notam in Phaeacem transfert p. 695. B.

Phaeax, ait, Erafiftrati neque domo admodum nobilis erat, neque majoribus clarus. Gens Erafiftrati nullam in veteribus Monumentis dignitatem confecuta eft; primus illam nobilitavit Phacax."-Sed

"Io. Nihil minus dicit Orator: el deï nai natà yivos (fic lego) xoniv. Si ego et Alcibiades fecundum genus fumus judicandi, mihi boc minime convenit. Nemo enim meorum Oftracismo fuit ejectus; Alcibiadi vero maxime, cujus avus uterque bis fuerit ejectus Oftracifmo.

"II. Nobili genere fuit Phaeax Erafiftrati. Plutarchus P. 196. Ε. Φαίακα γνωρίμων ὄντα πατέρων. Scribendum ob fe quentia, γνωρίμων μὲν ὄντα πατέρων. Si non nobile fuiffet genus, Phaeax iftam comparationem inftituere non potuiffet. Nulli enim nifi nobiliffimi cives ejiciebantur Oftracifmo. Praeterea in tot regiones legatus miffus non fuiffet. Apud Diog. Laërt. Lib. ii. Segm. 63. eit, ὡς δῆλον ἐκ τῆς ἀπολογίας τοῦ πατρὸς Φαίακος τοῦ Tparny, quam fcripferit fchines Socraticus.

"III. Taylorus tertiam notam ponit in loco p. 34, v. 23. quo dicit Orator legatum fe miffum in Theffaliam, Macedoniam, Moloflida, Thefprotiam, Italiam, Siciliam: Tous uir, ait diagó

P. 236. Valckenaerii emendationem Axiády di--jam cap. i. memoravimus,' this emendation is obvious, and fhould have been fubjoined with Markland's & in the form of a note :-fi et ipfe (orator) et Alcibiades ex genere judicandi effent, Alcibiadi oftracifmum convenire, cujus uterque avus, Megacles et Alcibiades, in exilium fint ejecti, non fibi, cujus ex gente nemo hane poenam fubierit,-RUHNK. Mr. S. has latinized another emendation in p. 58. cf. 121.

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