he was seized with apoplexy, whereupon the envoys to the oracle were stoned to death. Moreover, at the very same time the Pythian priestess, after she had gone down to the shrine and taken her seat, was bitten by one of the snakes and died instantly. Such are the tales told about his death. Aristoxenus the musician asserts that Heraclides also composed tragedies, inscribing upon them the name of Thespis. Chamaeleon complains that Heraclides ’ treatise on the works of Homer and Hesiod was plagiarized from his own. Furthermore, Autodorus the Epicurean criticizes him in a polemic against his tract Of Justice. Again, Dionysius the Renegade, or, as some people call him, the * Spark,” when he wrote the Parthenopaeus, entitled it a play of Sophocles ; and Heraclides, such was his credulity, in one of his own works drew upon this forged play as Sophoclean evidence. Dionysius, on perceiving this, confessed what he had done; and, when the other denied the fact and would not believe him, called his attention to the acrostic which gave the name of Pancalus, of whom Dionysius was very fond. Heraclides was still unconvinced. Such a thing, he said, might very well happen by chance. To this Dionysius, ‘“‘ You will also find these lines : a. An old monkey is not caught by a trap.* g. Oh yes, he’s caught at last, but it takes time.” And this besides : ‘‘ Heraclides is ignorant of letters and not ashamed of his ignorance.” ? Fourteen persons have borne the name of Heraclides: (1) the subject of this notice ; (2) a fellowcitizen of his, author of Pyrrhic verses and tales ;