Read the _Lexicon_ of Helladius,[629] arranged in alphabetical
order. It is the most comprehensive of the lexicons that I
know, the collection consisting not only of words, but also
of some most agreeable short clauses, which frequently become
perfect members.[630] The words are for the most part taken
from prose writers, not from the poets, like the compilation of
Diogenianus;[631] the alphabetical order is not preserved in all the
syllables, but only in the first. The collection is very large, so
that the whole could not be comprised in five fair-sized volumes. Our
copy is in seven. It is a useful work for those who are engaged in
literary work and are desirous of acquiring a variety of knowledge.
For it contains quotations from the orators and from famous poets.