, 1881-11-06

| ut'otGd lolloWer Of Pytllagbrits. lie tic
| exclusively upon fruits and other produc.
ti0llS OF the earth. Ills fame Spread far and
near: All were attracted by his beauty and
hy MS conversational powers.
Owln!: to the place where he resided dur
! lnS part Of this .periutt of life, rs we'll rs
soille other condolences there are not want
Ing, anlUlg men uf learning, tllDsc who l1laill-
tain that llc was the yeritable Saul Ut Tarsus.
While IN his youth, lie last his parents, and
4 true disciple Of Pytila$or;as, he maintained
silence Tor five years. lie opposed hot baths.
Wherever he went he reformed religious
worship. lie resolved never to marry.
! Ills probationary term having expired, he
| Travelled in India. visited the BraIlmi!ls and
! GerMani. and conIersed with the u,agi in
llabtin:: Babylon and Susa. 1t was iii India
! thai i,e is supposed to lave acquired those
| mag gcai arts the practice Of which af1erwart
] natle linn 50 famous. anu among his follow
| ers gave him the reputation Hf Il s5pd
I Returning to Epl!tsus, people tlocked
! about him, his fame heing enhanced by
certain pllnphesies from the or:lclcs at
| Colrpllon, Ddyme, and pargamus. He
lng ON ut II distance. Having been sent fnr
by nh urgent message, lie transported him.
! self Instantly to Epllesus, and there put all
end to the Elaglle.
various miracles where he went. 1T Athens;
lie cast o,lt I'LL evil spirit from youth, the
demon oserturning Il statue III token of his
departure
tho TEMPLES and reformed their religious
rites :lhl ceremonies. lie then went tu ltoEle-
There le performed various miracles inc!lt.l-
lts faiSI, uersan from tile dead. IIt after
ward visited Spain aud Africa, and thence re-
turned to ilaty and Sicily. At Syracuse, he
predicted THAT Rome WAS about to have three
Elnperu!s, which was verified i!1 ti:lba, Yltei
Illus. and Otho. lie again travelled through
Greece and visited Egypt.
AL Alexandria liz had an interview with
tcspaSlall, who. on his way To Hnlle frn!n
Jl1tl3a, where he las; been -carryins. OH tile
visit Apol;oni,!s.
Having lerforlned various miracles in.
spunse ~ Il message from Titus. who had
been declared Emperor. TN his arrival
Titus embraced him, and said he has. Il ict-
tt'v from his father Ves:,aSiall, wherein he
brnefactor. 70 whom they were under
man.: obligations. Among the letters of
iAlollntuS Sill cNta1it Is one from tic En-
peror Titus. which reads as follows:
In my own n;'ne: and in the nau.e of my
country, | give you thanks: ai.ti will he mind
ful OF those things. tIia: philosopher had
writtcl, Him, con,lseiinG moderation in his
t;oyermncnt.l have indeed taken Jerus;.-
lem, hut yuls have cap!urett me-
ApniIunilts again travels through Greece
ami Italy. Taking up Ills residence ut the
Grove OF S.1yr!a, on the banks ot the Meles,
he taught philosophy, disc0"rsing OF fate
and necessity.
lie foretolu the reign OF Nerya. Do:nltiau
summoned him tn KoEle, and placed him
upon trial. Apo!1onie,s, white tic trial WIS
in progress, suddenly disappeared, a1lt OH
the sane d;ay presented himself II twn
friends WIN were mourning his loss 1T
lle returned to Greece, and travelled through
all the cities, teaching the crowds who ilockeG
to SEE him. .
While Don,iti.ln was being assasinated at
Rome by Stepllanll5, .Apoffonins was walk
inE aud discussing. philosophy in Il grove at
EphesuS, Suddenly: llc paused, ait. III an
excited manner cried out: Courage. Ste
phanus, strike the tyrant, striker ami eX-
plainett tn his astONislied hearers that Nonsi-
tian ut that moment was being put to tieath.
This circumstance. Is related not only by
rhilostratts. but by the historian Dion Cas-
sius, who at,is: ''As incredible rs this fact
sc.::::,s to be it is no less trlle."
The manner Of the death of Appollonius
is left III much uncertainty, IlliUstratus
even appearing to doubt whether he died at
all.
For several centuries after his death Ap-
pt,llu'lials w;ls worsliptu Us Il god i'll many
parts Of the world. Not only dill Caraca!la
build him 4 temple. but Alexander Scyerus
statue in his private closet. H. Bayle shows
that he continued. to be WorSillped It's late rs
the fourth century.
Ills epistles, which are still extant, are the
best evidence of his greatness as m:lll, and
his protuudity as Il philosopher. We lnt'k i'll
vain for any traces of that vanity which we
slsol12d expect to lind III a lllaG!ca! prrtentcr,
such as w: woull naturally infer him to
hare BEEN, from the biography furnished by
Thilostratt's. The trutl. concerning this
wonderful l1an may never b. recovered from
the rubbish of the past. It IS certain that lie
was Il man Gf mich learning ami great
ability, and one who commanded tn Il re-
markable dcgrec the affections and atlnlira-
tion OF his followers.