CHAPTER 9. _Hippias of Elis_, one of the early sophists (middle of the

fifth century B.C.); cp. Plat. Hipp. Min. 368 B.

_the reciter's wand._ It was the custom in Greece for a reciter to hold in his hand a wand or [Greek: rhabdos].

_Severianus_, proconsul of Africa between 161 and 169 A.D., as is shown by the words _the two Caesars_, M. Aurelius and L. Verus.