138. Besides the ancient stories of Pythagoras and Aristeas,
the cures performed at the shrine of Aesculapius, and the
fables related of Apollonius of Tyana, were frequently
opposed to the miracles of Christ; though I agree with Dr.
Lardner (see Testimonies, vol. iii. p. 253, 352), that, when
Philostratus composed the Life of Apollonius, he had no such
intention.