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CHAP. III.
His death, writings, &c.
a 1.1 AMphicrates saith, that he was condemned by the Law for Atheism, and drunk Hemlock.
He wrot, besides that which appertained to his sect, many o∣ther things.
Laertius reckons twenty of this name: The first a Samian, son of Rhaecus, who advised to lay the foundation of the Temple at Ephesus upon Embers: For, the place being wet, he said, that Coales, when they forsake the nature of Wood, acquire a soli∣dity not to be violated by moysture.
The second of Cyrene, a Geometrician, whose Disciple Plato was.
The third this Philosopher.
The fourth writ of exercising the voice, a famous Book.
The fifth writ of Law-givers, beginning with Terpander.
The sixth a Stoick.
The seventh writ the Roman History.
The eight, a Syracusian, writ Tacticks.
The ninth a Byzantine, a Sophist,b 1.2 eminent for civill Pleas.
The tenth of the same Country, mention'd by Aristotle in his Epitome of Oratours.
The eleventh of Thebes, a Statuary.
The twelfth a painter, mention'd by Polemon.
The thirteenth of Athens, a Painter, of whom writes Menodotus.
The fourteenth of Ephesus, a painter, of whom Theophanes in his treatise of painting.
The fifteenth a Poet, who wrote Epigrams.
The sixtee••th wrot of Poets.
The seventeenth a Physician, Disciple to Athenaeus.
The eighteenth of Chios, a Stoick.
The ninteenth of Miletus, a Stoick.
The twentieth, a Tragick Poet.