Historical Dissertation on Abaris

it could have been clear to Proclus from a similar writer, Iamblichus. The very famous Joannes Albertus Fabricius original: "(υ) Biblioth. Script. Graec. P. I. L. I. c. II. n. VII. p. 10. Hamburg. 1705. 4." indeed denies that any book was written by Pythagoras to Abaris, yet he seems to me to affirm that a certain little work inscribed with the name of Pythagoras to Abaris was once circulated, when he says: "Abaris was older than Pythagoras himself, and I do not doubt that a book under his (namely, Pythagoras') name to Abaris was forged, like many other things, by some Pythagorean or Platonist." And in another place original: "(ξ) Ibid. P. I. L. II. c. XIII. n. I. p. 480." he says: "Abaris, to whom a book was carried under the name of Pythagoras." And let these things said about the names of Abaris suffice, from which we understand that, both in the Greek interpreter of Aristophanes and in Proclus, the name Baris and Abaris was attributed to our philosopher merely by the error of the copyists. What remains, I deem it not irrelevant to make mention here of a certain book which is ascribed to Heraclides and bears the title "Abaris," which I judge happened because, perhaps, the author of that book recounted in it either the very things that are told about Abaris, or other miracles similar to these. Plutarch original: "(ο) De aud. Poet. p. 14. ed. Francof. 1620. f." makes mention of this book when he says: "For they do not only go through Aesop's fables and the poetic themes, and the Abaris of Heraclides, and the Lycon of Aristo, but they also digest the doctrines concerning the soul mixed with pleasure."