Tyrius

The Dioscuri, Hercules and Aesculapius, he saw himself (or the devil in his likeness) non somnians sed vigilans ipse vidi: So far Tyrius.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

And therefore let every territory keep their proper rites and ceremonies, as their dii tutelares will, so Tyrius calls them, and according to the quarter they hold, their own institutions, revelations, orders, oracles, which they dictate from time to time, or teach their own priests or ministers.

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'Tis the common humour of them all, to contemn death, to wish for death, to confront death in this case, Quippe queis nec fera, nec ignis, neque praecipitium, nec fretum, nec ensis, neque laqueus gravia videntur; 'Tis their desire (saith Tyrius) to die.

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Nolentes sciunt, fatentur inviti, as the said Tyrius proceeds, will or nill, they must acknowledge it.

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For, as Maximus Tyrius the Platonist observes, libido consequuta quum fuerit materiam improbam et praeruptam licentiam, et effrenatam audaciam, &c., what will not lust effect in such persons?

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Alcibiades raves (saith [3404] Maximus Tyrius) and is sick, his furious desires carry him from Lyceus to the pleading place, thence to the sea, so into Sicily, thence to Lacedaemon, thence to Persia, thence to Samos, then again to Athens; Critias tyranniseth over all the city; Sardanapalus is lovesick; these men are ill-affected all, and can never be cured, till their minds be otherwise qualified.

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But I am persuaded it is not so ill spent, I ought not to excuse or repent myself of this subject; on which many grave and worthy men have written whole volumes, Plato, Plutarch, Plotinus, Maximus, Tyrius, Alcinous,

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For my part, saith [4423] Maximus Tyrius, a great Platonist himself, me non tantum admiratio habet, sed eliam stupor, I do not only admire, but stand amazed to read, that Plato and Socrates both should expel Homer from their city, because he writ of such light and wanton subjects,

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Tyrius calls them assysins, whom it may be worth the while to consult about the original of that name.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Now that these countries, of which we are treating, were peculiarly noted for caves and dens; and they not only numerous, but some very strange and wonderful, Strabo, Josephus, Tyrius, and others, do abundantly testify.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979