. ▁ 1 0 . 9 0 ) ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁bitter ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁Res urre ction ; ▁and ▁a ▁sc orn ful ▁couple t ▁against ▁the ▁sw ar ms ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁mon ks ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁written ▁by ▁a ▁Reform er ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁For ▁the ▁most ▁part ▁his ▁sympathy ▁with ▁the ▁losing ▁side ▁is ▁only ▁bet rayed ▁in ▁his ▁des pond ency ▁over ▁all ▁things . ▁But ▁it ▁is ▁in ▁his ▁criticism ▁of ▁life ▁that ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁P all adas ▁lies ; ▁with ▁a ▁rem ors eless ness ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁Jonathan ▁Swift ▁he ▁tears ▁the ▁cover ings ▁from ▁human ▁fra ilty ▁and ▁holds ▁it ▁up ▁in ▁its ▁me ann ess ▁and ▁mis ery . ▁The ▁lines ▁on ▁the ▁Des cent ▁of ▁Man ▁( An th . ▁Gr . ▁ 1 0 . 4 5 ), ▁fall ▁as ▁heavily ▁on ▁the ▁Ne o - Pl at onic ▁mart yr ▁as ▁on ▁the ▁Christian ▁per sec utor , ▁and ▁remain ▁even ▁now ▁among ▁the ▁most ▁m ord ant ▁and ▁cr ushing ▁s arc as ms ▁ever ▁passed ▁upon ▁man kind . ▁ ▁Mack ail ▁groups ▁P all adas ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁period ▁with ▁A es opus ▁and ▁G ly con , ▁each ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁ep ig ram ▁in ▁the ▁Greek ▁Anth ology . ▁All ▁three ▁belong ▁to ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁the ▁By z antine ▁transl ators , ▁when ▁infinite ▁p ains ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁rewrite ▁well -