Book IV: Notes

The Discourses. Book IV. Notes. 4-1 'The gold ring given to a freedman would open to him an official career as a knight.' (Matheson) 4-2 Cf. Book II, note 4. 4-3 One of the prerogatives of a consul. 4-4 Cf. Diogenes Laertius, VI. 29. 4-5 The only certain reference to the Christians in Epictetus. 4-6 Cf. Book I, note 7. 4-7 Cf. above, note 3. 4-8 With this passage, cf. the criticism of Homer by Plato, in the Republic, Books II and III.