the name of two celebrated Plato- nic philosophers, one of whom was of Colchis, and the other of Apamea in Syria. The first, whom Julian equals to Plato, was the disciple of Anatolius and Porphyry, and died under the reign of the emperor Constantine.—The second also enjoyed great reputa- tion. Julian wrote several letters to him, and it is said he was poisoned under the reign of Valens. - It is not known to which of the two we ought to attribute the works we have in Greek under the name of Jam- bicus, viz. 1. The history of the life of Pythagoras, and the sect of the Pythagoreans. 2. An exhortation to the study of philosophy. 3. A piece against Por- phyry's letter on the mysteries of the Egyptians.