history.’33 Other fragments of Satyrus preserved in Athenaeus also show this liking for anecdote, particularly if sensational or outrageous.34 Close examination reveals that these literary forms are present in all the βίοι, forming the stuff of their narrative. Evagoras betrays its rhetorical influence through units of formal oratory: prooimion, comparison, exordium, apostrophe. On the other hand, units which might be classed as ‘legends’ or ‘miracle-stories’ are found in the Moses. Thus we conclude
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