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Arnobius
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Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
[3223] Book iii. cap. 7, and book iv. cap. 13, note.
[3224] Arnobii Disputationum adversus Gentes, libri octo, nunc primum in lucem editi Romæ, apud Franc. Priscianum Florentinum, 1542.
[3225] Basileæ, 1546.
[3226] Antverpiæ, 1582.
[3227] Romæ, 1583. This is the second Roman edition, and restores the Octavius to Minucius Felix.
[3228] Hanoviæ, 1603; dedicated to Joseph Scaliger.
[3229] Antverpiæ, 1604.
[3230] Paris, 1605. This edition, which is of great value, and shows great learning and ability, was completed in two months, as Heraldus himself tells us.
[3231] Lugduni Batavorum 1651, containing the notes of Canterus, Elmenhorst, Stewechius, and Heraldus.
[3232] Salmasius purposed writing commentaries for this edition, but died without doing more than beginning them.
[3233] Wirceburgi, 1783, 8vo, preceded by a rambling introductory epistle.
[3234] Lipsiæ, 1816–17, 8vo.
[3235] Halis Saxonum, 1844, 8vo.
[3236] Lipsiæ, 1846, 8vo.
[3237] Cf. § 1, notes 2 and 3.
[3238] [This section (8) appears as a “Preface” to the Edinburgh edition.]
[3239] The words insanire, bacchari, refer to the appearance of the ancient seers when under the influence of the deity. So Virgil says, Insanam vatem aspicies (Æn., iii. 443), and, Bacchatur vates(Æn., vi. 78). The meaning is, that they make their asseverations with all the confidence of a seer when filled, as he pretended, with the influence of the god.
[3240] Et velut quiddam promptum ex oraculo dicere, i.e., to declare a matter with boldness and majesty, as if most certain and undoubted.
[3241] Popularia verba, i.e., rumours arising from the ignorance of the common people.
[3242] The Christians were regarded as “public enemies,” and were so called.
[3243] Or, “all party zeal.”
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