Archelaus

“ Abandoning the old locality, he took up his abode in the middle of the city, where the king of Persia had his residence; and there altering his name, he called himself Manes instead of Corbicius, or, to speak more correctly, not Manes, but Mani: [4] for that is the kind of inflection employed in the Persian language. Now, when this boy had grown to be a man of well-nigh sixty years of age, [5] he had acquired great erudition in all the branches of learning taught in those parts, and I might almost say that in these he surpassed all others. ”

“ On the report of this, all at haphazard, like the men who are accustomed to play the game of cubes, which is another name for the dice, [8] Manes presented himself before the king, declaring that he would cure the boy. And when the king heard that, he received him courteously, and welcomed him heartily. But not utterly to weary my hearers with the recital of the many things which he did, let me simply say that the boy died, or rather was bereft of life, in his hands. Then the king ordered Manes to be thrust into prison, and to be loaded with chains of iron weighing half a hundredweight. ”

“ Alex. Vat. seems to read, “qui cubum quod nomen est aleæ ludere solent.”↑ Ferri talento.↑ The text gives, “quique fugientes licet nunquam cessarunt,” etc. Codex Reg. Alex. Vat has, “licet nunquam cessarent” etc. ”