228:, who appear to have availed themselves of it to a considerable extent. Photios gives a general idea of the nature of its contents. The work was not arranged according to subjects or according to any settled plan, but it was more like a commonplace book, in which each piece of information was set down as it fell under the notice of the writer, who stated that she believed this variety would give greater pleasure to the reader. Photios considers the work as one of great use, and supplying important information on many points in history and literature. Photios speaks only of eight books but the Suda says that it consisted of thirty-three. The latter must be correct, since we find Gellius quoting the eleventh and twenty-ninth, and
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by birth or descent. Various scholars have made suggestions to explain this apparent discrepancy, of which
Antonella Ippolito judges the suggestion that the family were of Egyptian descent but moved to Epidaurus the most plausible. Based on Photios' chronology, Pamphile was born between 20 and 30 AD.
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