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Homily VI.

[1] [Compare in general, with chaps. 2–22, the mythological statements in Recognitions, x. 17–41.—R.]

[2] [Compare Recognitions, x. 17, 31.—R.]

[3] The passage seems to be corrupt.

[4] The common story about Dionysus is, that he was the unborn son, not of Metis, but of Semele. Wieseler supposes that some words have fallen out, or that the latter part of the sentence is a careless interpolation.

[5] [Compare, on “the supper of the gods,” chap. 15, and Recognitions, x. 41.—R.]

[6] [With this discourse and its cosmogony compare the discourse of Clement and his brothers in Recognitions, x. 17–19, 30–34.—R.]

[7] Iliad, vii. 99.

[8] L. 116.

[9] This is the emendation of Davisius. The Greek has ἐξ ἀκουστοῦ; the Latin, “mirum in modum.” Wieseler suggests ἐξακοντιστόν.

[10] This is Wieseler’s emendation for “received.”

[11] [Comp. Recognitions, x. 17, 31, 32.—R.]

[12] Wieseler corrects to “some such being,” etc.; and below, “of him who appeared,” etc.; and “he took his seat.”

[13] The first word of this quotation gives no sense, and has been omitted in the translation. Lobeck suggests “at its prime;” Hermann, “Heracapeian;” Duentzer, “ancient;” and Wieseler, “white.”

[14] [Comp. Recognitions, x. 32.—R.]

[15] The Paris ms. has “very fine.”

[16] [With chaps. 8–10 compare Recognitions, x. 32, 34.—R.]

[17] [Comp. Recognitions, x. 17–19, 29–36, 41, for statements similar to those in chaps. 12–19.—R.]

[18] This is Wiesler’s conjecture.

[19] [Comp. chap. 2, and Recognitions, 40, 41.—R.]

[20] The Latin takes “moira” in the sense of “district,” and translates, “these props of the districts of the sky.”

[21] This is Schwegler’s restoration of the passage. Davisius proposes, “He is in the bloom of life, at which time if any one desires,” etc.

[22] [Compare with the arguments here, Recognitions, x. 35–38.—R.]

[23] [Comp. v. 23, and Recognitions, x. 24.—R.]

[24] [Comp. Recognitions, x. 25, where these facts are also used.—R.]

[25] [The conclusion of the discussion is noteworthy, not only from the fairness of the argument, but from the skill with which the position of Clement, as a heathen inquirer, is maintained.—R.]

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