_Essay on the Irony of Sophocles, &c._ (Vol. iii., p. 389.).--Three
Queries by NEMO: 1. The Rev. Connop Thirlwall, now Bishop of St.
David's, is the author of the essay in question. 2. Cicero, _Tusc.
Disp._, i. 15. 39.:--_Errare_ mehercule _malo cum Platone ... quam cum
istis vera sentire_; (again), Cicero, _ad Attic._, l. viii. ep.
7.:--_Malle_, quod dixerim, me _cum Pompeio vinci, quam cum istis
vincere_. 3. The remark is Aristotle's; but the same had been said of
Homer by Plato himself:
"Aristot. [_Eth. Nicom._ l. i. cap. 6. Sec. 1. ed. Oxon.] is
reluctant to criticise Plato's doctrine of _Ideas_, [Greek: dia to
philous andras eisagagein ta eide]: but, he adds, the truth must
nevertheless be spoken:--[Greek: amphoin gar ontoin philoin,
hosion protiman ten aletheian.]
"Plato [_de Repub._, X. cap. 1. p. 595 b.]:--[Greek: Philia tis me
kai aidos ek paidos echousa peri Homerou apokolyei legein ... all'
ou gar pro ge tes aletheias timeteos aner.]"