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St Photius the Great, tr. Freese, 1920; selections

Codex 150: Julian, Lexicon—Philostratus, Lexicon—Valerius Diodorus, Lexicon

Read the Lexicon of Julian,¹ containing the words used by the ten orators, arranged in alphabetical order. This book also is of very great size, and contains an explanation of all legal terms used by the Athenians, words used by the orators in reference to private matters or adopted by them after the fashion of the country. It is clear that the work will be of very great service in reading speeches together.

I also came across a work of Philostratus² of Tyre on the same subject, no mean performance, although Julian’s Lexicon is better. A similar work of Diodorus³ is in no way inferior to that of Julian, except that the latter makes more use of quotations. I cannot say which of them was the earlier or which borrowed from the other, for it is evident that they are not independent compilations.

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