I have strongly rendered the strong term, ἐπορθιάζειν, which would necessarily suggest to the Greek the high-keyed notes of the νόμος ὄρθιος mentioned by Herod I. 22, as sung by Arion to the sailors. I think, however, it is going beyond the mark to say, with SYMMONS, "With loud acclaim, and Orthian minstrelsy," retaining the word ὄρθιος which is only suggested, not expressed in the text, and printing it with a capital letter, as if it were a sort of music as distinct as the Mysian and Maryandine wailing, mentioned in the Persians. Thus, ὀρθίον κωκυμάτων φωνή, Soph. Antigone, 1206, means nothing but the voice of shrill wails, or, as DONALDSON well translates the whole passage, "The voice of lamentation treble-toned, Peals from the porch of that unhallowed cell." Note 4 (p. 43). "Thrice six falls to me." That is, the highest throw in the dice. "The dice (_tessera_, κύβοι), in games of chance among the ancients, were numbered on all the six sides, like the dice now in use; and three were used in playing. Hence arose the proverb, ἤ τρὶς ἓξ ἤ τρεῖς κύβοι, _either three sixes or three aces_, all or none."--Dr. SMITH's Antiq. Dict. _voce_ TESSERA. Note 5 (p. 43). "Is laid a seal." Literally, _a huge ox hath gone_, an expression supposed to be derived from the figure of an ox, as the symbol of wealth, expressed on an old coin; in {336} which case, to put the ox on a man's tongue, would be equivalent to tipping it with silver, that is to say, giving money with injunction of secrecy. After the expression became proverbial, it might be used generally to express secrecy without any idea of bribery, which, as CON. remarks, is quite foreign to this place, and therefore FRANZ is wrong to translate "_mir verschliesst ein golden Schloss den Mund_." I follow here, however, HUMBOLDT and SYM. in not introducing the ox into the text, as it is apt to appear ludicrous; and, besides, the origin of the expression seems only conjectural. Note 6 (p. 44). "Sceptred kings by Jove's high grace." Διόθεν. "ἐκ δε Διός βασιλῆες," says the theogony. Homer also considers the kingly office as having a divine sanction, and Agamemnon on Earth represents Jupiter in Heaven.--ILIAD I. 279; II. 197. And there can be no doubt that the highest authority in a commonwealth, whether regal or democratic, has a divine sanction, so long as it is exercised within its own bounds, and according to the laws of natural justice. Note 7 (p. 44). "O'er the lone paths fitful-wheeling." I have endeavoured to combine both the meanings of ἐκπατιόις which have any poetical value; that of SYM. _lonely_, and that of KLAUSEN, _wandering_, and therefore excessive, which CON. well gives "_with a wandering grief_." The same beautiful image is used by Shelley in his Adonais. Note 8 (p. 44). ". . . The late-chastising Fury."