These two lines, which Julian has changed and perverted in
the true spirit of a bigot (Epist. xlix. [p. 432]), are
taken from the speech of Aeolus, when he refuses to grant
Ulysses a fresh supply of winds (Odyss. x. 73). Libanius
(Orat. Parent. c. lix. p. 286) attempts to justify this
partial behaviour by an apology, in which persecution peeps
through the mask of candour.