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Book, page 1 / 80 This etext was prepared by Tom Weiss (tom@iname.com) with thanks to G. Banks for proofreading. I have transliterated the Greek passages. Here are some approximate translations (with thanks to a nameless Radlettite and www.perseus.tufts.edu): --philomathestatoi ton neaniskon: some of the youths most eager for knowledge --Ne^pios: childish --hexeis apodeiktikai: things that can be proven (Aristotle, Nic. Ethics) --eido^lon amauron: shadowy phantom (phrase used by Homer in The Odyssey to describe the specter Athena sends to comfort Penelope) --all' aiei: but always --tina pho^ta megan kai kalon edegmen: I received some great and beautiful light The Works of Max Beerbohm by Max Beerbohm With a Bibliography by John Lane
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