Chapter XII: Epilogue

Within a short time of writing 'The Consolation of Philosophy,' Boethius died by a cruel death. As to the manner of his death there is some uncertainty. According to one account, he was cut down by the swords of the soldiers before the very judgment-seat of Theodoric; according to another, a cord was first fastened round his forehead, and tightened till 'his eyes started'; he was then killed with a club.

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REFERENCES TO QUOTATIONS IN THE TEXT.

Bk. I., ch. iv., p. 17, l. 6: 'Iliad,' I. 363.

" ch. iv., p. 18, l. 7: Plato, 'Republic,'
V. 473, D; Jowett, vol. iii., pp. 170, 171
(3rd edit.).

" ch. iv., p. 22, l. 6: Plato, 'Republic,'
I. 347, C; Jowett, III., p. 25.

" ch. v., p. 30, l. 19: 'Iliad,' II., 204, 205.

Bk. II., ch. ii., p. 50, l. 21: 'Iliad.' XXIV.
527, 528.

" ch. vii., p. 78, l. 25: Cicero, 'De
Republicâ,' VI. 20, in the 'Somnium
Scipionis.'

Bk. III., ch. iv., p. 106, l. 10: Catullus, LII., 2.

" ch. vi., p. 114, l. 4: Euripides, 'Andromache,'
319, 320.

" ch. ix., p. 129, l. 3: Plato, 'Timæus,'
27, C; Jowett, vol. iii., p. 448.

" ch. xii., p. 157, l. 14: Quoted Plato,
'Sophistes,' 244, E; Jowett, vol. iv.,
p. 374.

" ch. xii., p. 157, l. 22: Plato, 'Timæus,'
29, B; Jowett, vol. iii., p. 449.

Bk. IV., ch. vi., p. 206, l. 17: Lucan, 'Pharsalia,'
I. 126.

" ch. vi., p. 210, l. 23: 'Iliad,' XII. 176.

Bk. V., ch. i., p. 227,l. 16: Aristotle, 'Physics,'
II. v. 5.

" ch. iii., p. 238, l. 20: Horace, 'Satires,'
II. v. 59.

" ch. iv., p. 243, l. 3: Cicero, 'De Divinatione,'
II. 7, 8.

" ch. vi., p. 258, l. 8: Aristotle, 'De
Cælo,' II. 1.

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