death;1 and Seneca informs us that magi, “qui forte Athenis erant,” had visited the tomb of Plato, and had there offered incense to him as a divine being.2 There is nothing but a mass of confused and contradictory traditions to throw any light either on their rank, their country, their number, or their names. The tradition which makes them kings was probably founded on the prophecy of Isaiah (60:3): “And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.” The fancy