I have transliterated the Greek passages. Here are some approximate
translations (with thanks to a nameless Radlettite and
www.perseus.tufts.edu):
--philomathestatoi ton neaniskon: some of the youths most eager for
knowledge
--Ne^pios: childish
--hexeis apodeiktikai: things that can be proven (Aristotle, Nic.
Ethics)
--eido^lon amauron: shadowy phantom (phrase used by Homer in The
Odyssey to describe the specter Athena sends to comfort Penelope)
--all' aiei: but always
--tina pho^ta megan kai kalon edegmen: I received some great and
beautiful light





The Works of Max Beerbohm

by Max Beerbohm




With a Bibliography by John Lane