el was sacred to Apollo. 6. Pytho: the
former name for Delphi. Pytho is poetically said to speak when the
Pythian priestess speaks. 7. Delii: Delos, an island of the Aegean,
nearly at the centre of the Cyclades, was sacred to Apollo, and was his
birthplace. 12. ite obviam: oppose.

_7._ Plutarch, _Symposiacon Problematon_, V. 1 (Moralia, 674 B, C),
tells essentially this same story. Parmeno, he says, was famous for his
imitation of the grunting of a pig. Even when one came upon the stage
having a real pig concealed under his cloak, the audience cried, 'This
is nothing to compare with the sow of Parmeno.' Then he who had the pig
threw it in the midst of them, 'to show that they judged according to
opinion and not truth.'

1. Pravo favore: prejudice. labi: the metaphor is in evident contrast to
that in stant of 1. 2. 2. pro iudicio...erroris: in defence of their
mistaken judgment. 3. rebus manifestis: the disclosure of the truth. 4.
Facturus ludos: who was about to give an entertainment. 8. scurra: a
city wit. urbano sale: clever jesting, merry cleverness. The Romans
sharply contrasted city manners with those of the country to the
disadvantage of the latter. 12. loca: seats. 18. verum: sc. porcellum.
pallio: mantle or toga. 19. simul: equals simul ac. 21. prosequuntur:
honor. 27. degrunnit: grunts his best. 30. scilicet: to be sure. 32.
vero: sc. porcello. 35. imitatum: sc. esse.

VI. SENECA.

3 B.C.-65 A.D.

Seneca the Younger, or 'the Philosopher,' was born in Spain at Corduba;
was educated at Rome; was banished in 41 A.D. to Corsica by Claudius;
was recalled in 49; became Nero's tutor; largely deserves the credit for
the good government of the early part of that emperor's reign; was
consul in 57, but lost influence with Nero, and was compelled by him to
commit suicide on a charge of participation in the conspiracy of Piso.

His writings are chiefly philosophical and ethical. The frequent close
resemblance of his views to those of Christianity occasioned the
fabrication of a correspondence between himself and St. Paul. St. Jerome
considered this genuine and therefore included him among the Christian
saints.

Nine tragedies of Seneca's composition are extant. These have powerfully
influenced the development of the English and French drama.

His style is forced and ornamental, moving, for the most part, in brief,
disconnected, and often paradoxical sentences.

For Reference: Teuffel, Schwabe, and Warr, _His