Fly ye to Greece along the sea's wide back, Pupils of Aristarchus, all more timid Than the pale antelope, worms hid in holes, Monosyllabic animals, who care For σφὶν and σφῶιν, and for μὶν, and νὶν, This shall be your lot, grumblers--but let Greece And sacred Babylon receive Herodicus. For, as Anaxandrides the comic writer says-- 'Tis sweet when one has plann'd a new device, To tell it to the world. For those who are Wise for themselves alone have, first of all, No judge to criticise their new invention. And envy is their portion too: for all That seems to be commended by its novelty, Should be imparted freely to the people. And when this conversation had terminated, most of the guests took their departure secretly, and so broke up the party. FOOTNOTES: [287:1] Odyss. iv. 3. [287:2] Iliad, vi. 174. [289:1] Iliad, ii. 404. [289:2] Op. et Di. 341. [289:3] Iliad, viii. 324. [290:1] Iliad, ii. 408. [292:1] Iliad, ii. 588. [292:2] Ib. i. 225. [293:1] Odyss. viii. 449. [293:2] Ib. iv. 48. [293:3] Ib. iv. 43. [293:4] Ar. Vesp. 1208. [293:5] Odyss. ix. 201. [294:1] Iliad, ix. 219. [294:2] Odyss. xiv. 464. [296:1] Hes. Scut. Herc. 205. [296:2] Iliad, xviii. 590. [296:3] Ib. xvi. 617. [297:1] Iliad, xvi. 603. [297:2] Odyss. viii. 264. [297:3] Ib. 154. [298:1] Odyss. iv. 160. [298:2] Ib. 193. [299:1] Iliad, iii. 196. [300:1] Odyss. iv. 60. [301:1] The reading is-- Ζηνός που τοιαῦτα δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται for which Aristarchus wished to read-- Ζηνός που τοίηδέ γ' Ὀλυμπίου ἔνδοθεν αὐλή. I have given here, as elsewhere, Pope's version in the translation. [302:1] Iliad, xi. 733. [302:2] Ib. xxiv. 640. [302:3] Odyss. xxii. 375. [303:1] Odyss. iv. 78. [303:2] Ib. 95. [304:1] Iliad, iii. 385. [305:1] Odyss. iv. 123. [305:2] Odyss. xv. 125. [305:3] Iliad, iii. 125. [305:4] Odyss. iv. 294. [305:5] Ib. iii. 332. [306:1] Odyss. x. 84. [307:1] Odyss. ix. 5. [307:2] Iliad, iv. 262. [308:1] Odyss. i. 131; vii. 175. [308:2] Ἐπιφανὴς, illustrious. Ἐπιμανὴς, mad. [316:1] Ἐνιαυτὸς, a year. [316:2] Πεντετηοὶς, a period of five years. [318:1] This word is probably corrupt; some editors propose to read ἄμφωτοι. [323:1] There is a great dispute among the commentators as to the exact reading of this passage, or its meaning. Palmer says the crowns were given by different cities and tribes; and that what the king, and queen, and prince wore were not the crowns themselves, but a model of them in papyrus, with an inscription on each, stating its weight, and what city had given it. [325:1] There is great uncertainty as to the meaning of this passage; some commentators consider that there is some corruption in the text. [331:1] I have adopted here Casaubon's conjectural emendation, and his interpretation of it. The text of the MSS. seems undoubtedly corrupt. [333:1] This is an allusion to the first line of Homer's Catalogue--