Codex 150

[Julian, Lexicon --Philostratus, Lexicon --Valerius Diodorus, Lexicon]

Read the Lexiconof Julian,[1] containing the words used by the ten orators, arranged in alphabetical order. This book also is of very great size, and contains an explanation of all legal terms used by the Athenians, words used by the orators in reference to private matters or adopted by them after the fashion of the country. It is clear that the work will be of very great service in reading speeches together.

I also came across a work of Philostratus [2] of Tyre on the same subject, no mean performance, although Julian’s Lexiconis better. A similar work of Diodorus [3] is in no way inferior to that of Julian, except that the latter makes more use of quotations. I cannot say which of them was the earlier or which borrowed from the other, for it is evident that they are not independent compilations.