[156] Compare the Proverb [Greek: Eikelos omphakizetai], and Tibullus, iii. 5, 19: "Quid fraudare juvat vitem crescentibus uvis?" [157] Cf. Shakspere, "Romeo and Juliet," A. ii. Sc. vi. 9-15. [158] Herodotus, i. 8. [159] An allusion to the well-known Fable of AEsop, No. 82 in Halm's edition. [160] This comparison of the mirror is beautifully used by Keble in his "Christian Year:" "Without a hope on earth to find A mirror in an answering mind." _Wednesday before Easter._ [161] Does this throw light on Esther, i. 10-12? [162] By their patronage. [163] "Republic," v. p. 462, C. [164] By the power of sympathy. This is especially true of eyes. Wyttenbach compares the Epigram in the Anthology, i. 46. 9. [Greek: Kai gar dexion omma kakoumenon ommati laio Pollaki tous idious antididosi ponous.] [165] Reading [Greek: kalon] with Hercher. [166] The ancients hardly ever drank wine neat. Hence the allusion. The symposiarch, or arbiter bibendi, settled the proportions to be used. [167] Compare the French proverb, "Le beau soulier blesse souvent le pied." [168] Thessaly was considered by the ancients famous for enchantments and spells. So Juvenal, vi. 610, speaks of "Thessala philtia," and see Horace, "Odes," i. 27. 21, 22; "Epodes," v. 45. [169] Wyttenbach well compares the lines of Menander:-- [Greek: enest alethes philtron eugnomon tropos, touto katakratein andros eiothen gune.] [170] An allusion to Homer, "Iliad," xiv. 214-217. [171] Called by the Romans "pronuba Juno." See Verg. "AEneid," iv. 166; Ovid, "Heroides," vi. 43. [172] See Pausanias, vi. 25. The statue was made of ivory and gold. [173] Compare Terence, "Hecyra," 201. "Uno animo omnes socrus oderunt nurus." As to stepmotherly feelings, the "injusta noverca" has passed into a proverb with all nations. See for example Hesiod, "Works and Days," 823, [Greek: allote metruie pelei hemere, allote meter]. [174] Wyttenbach compares Seneca's "Fidelem si putaveris facies." "Ep." iii. p. 6. [175] Euripides, "Medea," 190-198. [176] Homer, "Iliad," xiv. 205, 209. [177] See Mulier Parturiens, Phaedrus' "Fables," i. 18. [178] Euripides, "Andromache," 930. [179] Proverb. Cf. Horace, "Oleum adde camino," ii. "Sat." iii. 321. [180] See AEsop's Fables, No. 121. Halme. [Greek: Drapetes] is the title. All readers of Plautus and Terence know what a bugbear to slaves the threat of being sent to the mill was. They would have to turn it instead of horses, or other cattle. [181] That is, _Yoking oxen for the plough_. [182] Procreation of children was among the ancients frequently called _Ploughing_ and _Sowing_. Hence the allusions in this paragraph. So, too, Shakspere, "Measure for Measure," Act i. Sc. iv. 41-44.