Chapter XI: Book VIII: In our entertainments we may and should use learned and

philosophical discourse, 399. _Question_ 1. On the birthdays of
famous men, and the generation of the Gods, 400, 401. 2. What is
Plato’s meaning when he says that God all ways plays the geometer?
402-406. 3. Why sounds seem louder in the night than in the day,
406-410. 4. In the Sacred Games one sort of garland was given in
one, and another in another: why was the Palm common to all? and
why call the great dates Νικόλαοι? 411-414. 5. Why do those who
sail upon the Nile take up the water they are to use before day?
415, 416 6. Concerning those who come late to an entertainment,
and the derivation of the words ἀκράτισμα, ἀριστον, and δεὶπνον,
417-419. The Latin terms compared, 418. 7. Concerning the Symbols of
Pythagoras: Receive not a swallow into your house; as soon as you are
risen ruffle the bedclothes; and some other precepts: what is their
meaning? 419-421. 8. Why the Pythagoreans do not eat fish, 422-426.
9. Whether there can be new diseases, and how caused, 426-432. On
the negative, it is said the course of Nature is invariable, 427.
The affirmative alleges that the causes of disease may vary, become
intense and complicated, 430. Alterations in diet may raise new
diseases, 432. 10. Why we give least credit to dreams in Autumn,
432-435.