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caesar's apostasy.
[act i.
The Philosopher.
No, no!
Julian.
Not even those infamous lines about Atlas with the crooked shoulders?
The Philosopher.
No, no, I tell you.
Julian.
Nor that foolish and ribald verse about the ape in court dress?
The Philosopher.
Ha, ha; that came from the church, not from the lecture-hall. You disbelieve it? I tell you it was Hekebolius
Julian.
Hekebolius!
The Philosopher.
Yes, Hekebolius, Hekebolius himself, to breed hatred between his enemy and his pupil
Julian.
[Clenching his fists.] Ah, if it were so!
The Philosopher.
If that blinded and deceived young man had known us philosophers, he would not have dealt so hardly with us.
Julian.
Of what are you speaking?
