Note 493 — Chapter XIV
Reading edition
βίων πρᾶσις s. 26. The opening (s. 1) of the auction is not unlike a modern one: “For Sale! a varied assortment of Live Creeds, Tenets of every description. Cash on delivery, or credit on suitable security!” While lot (in s. 26)—The Peripatetic—fetches £80 0s. 0d., the great Diogenes (in s. 11) is knocked down for threepence! Fowler’s Trs.