Excerpt from The Timon of Lucian: Fritzsche's Text; With Notes and Vocabulary Here, through a dream which he had, as he himself relates, he was led to give himself to the study of rhetoric and literature. He afterwards entered upon and pursued the rhetorical profession, until about forty years of age. His earlier years were a struggle with poverty, but his profession finally gave him abundance. This again he is thought to have lost, because in his old age he received the appointment of procurator in Egypt from the Roman Government, probably under Commodus. He is said to have possessed in early life but an imperfect knowledge of the Greek language, but later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.