4-1 'The gold ring given to a freedman would open to him an official career as a knight.' (Matheson)
4-2 Cf. Book II, note 4.
4-3 One of the prerogatives of a consul.
4-4 Cf. Diogenes Laertius, VI. 29.
4-5 The only certain reference to the Christians in Epictetus.
4-6 Cf. Book I, note 7.
4-7 Cf. above, note 3.
4-8 With this passage, cf. the criticism of Homer by Plato, in the Republic, Books II and III.