Up to this point, Thespesius had been, he said, a spectator. But as he was about to return, he suffered a horrible fear. For a woman of marvellous form and stature seized hold of him: “Come here, fellow!” she said, “that thou mayest have a better memory of these things.” Then she brought near him a rod, such as painters use, red-hot, but another woman prevented her. He, sucked up by a sudden violent wind, as out of a blow-pipe, fell on to his own body, and just opened his eyes on the edge of the tomb.’ Footnote 199: See p. 313. Footnote 200: On the proverb ‘Post Lesbium Cantorem’. Footnote 201: i. e. in the battle of Amphipolis. See Thuc. 5, 10 and Plut. _Life of Nicias_, c. 9. Footnote 202: _Orestes_, 420. Footnote 203: 3, 38. Footnote 204: See Pausanias, 4, 17. Footnote 205: Fr. 969. Footnote 206: The author of this famous line is unknown. Footnote 207: Fr. 57. Footnote 208: _Minos_, 319 C. Footnote 209: No specific passage can be identified with the words in the text. For the sequel cp. _Timaeus_, 30 A. Footnote 210: Cp. _Rep._ 6, 508 A. Footnote 211: See p. 181 n. 1. Footnote 212: This line is a continuation of the quotation from Melanthius above. Footnote 213: Cp. Aesch. _Cho._ 313, &c. Footnote 214: Quoted several times as from Pindar (see Fr. 77), but perhaps rather Simonides. Footnote 215: _Il._ 15, 641. Footnote 216: Cp. Aristot. _Poet._ c. 9. Footnote 217: _W. and D._ 266, 265. Footnote 218: _Laws_, 5, 728 C. Footnote 219: i.e. under Roman law. See Smith’s _Dict. Ant._, _s.v._ Crux. Footnote 220: _Rep._ 406 B. Footnote 221: See H. Richards in _Class. Rev._ vol. 29, p. 235, and, for the quotation, the _Life of Lucullus_, c. 1. Footnote 222: Fr. 42, and see Jebb’s Introd. to the _Electra_ of Sophocles. Footnote 223: See _Life of Aristides_, c. 6. also Dion Chrys. _Orat._ 64. Footnote 224: See _Life of Cimon_, c. 6. Footnote 225: Again quoted, _De Curiosit._ 520 A. Footnote 226: Eur. _Ino_, Fr. 403. Footnote 227: Fr. 970. Footnote 228: See Herod. 2, 134. Footnote 229: i. e. Polyphemus. See _Od._ 9, 375 foll. Footnote 230: See Herod. 66, 74, and Pausan. 4, 252, and 8, 18. Footnote 231: From an unknown poet; Euphorion and Arctinus are suggested. Footnote 232: Fr. 123. Footnote 233: Hence a proverb applied to what was second-rate. Footnote 234: Arist. _H. A._ 9, 3, 610 b 29. Footnote 235: See Thuc. 2, 48; also _Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art_, by Raymond Crawfurd, M.D., chap. 2 and Appendix. Footnote 236: Cp. Plato, _Laws_, 4, 715 A. Footnote 237: Fr. 41. Footnote 238: _Il._ 6, 146. Footnote 239: Fr. 211. Footnote 240: _W. and D._ 735-6. Footnote 241: Eur. Fr. 970. Footnote 242: I have transposed the verbs as suggested in Wyttenbach’s Commentary. Footnote 243: