Note 16 (p. 47). "I pray thee, Pæan, may she never send." In the original Ιήἴον παιᾶνα, a well-known epithet of Apollo, as in the opening chorus of the Œdipus Tyrannos, Ιήϊέ Δάλιε παιάν, containing an invocation of the Delphic god, quoted by PEILE. From the practice of frequently invoking the name of the gods in the public hymns, as in the modern Litanies, the name of the divine person passed over to the song that voiced his praises--(Iliad I. 473)--and thence became the appellation--as in the modern word pæan--for a hymn generally--(Proclus Chrestom. Gaisford. Hephaest., p. 419)--or at least a hymn of jubilee, sadness and sorrow of every kind being naturally abhorrent from the worship of the beneficent sun god (p. 72, above). Note 17 (p. 47). "Stern-purposed waits the child-avenging wrath." This passage is obscure in the original, and, no doubt, purposely so, as became the prophetic style. I do not, therefore, think we are bound, with SYM., to give the Child-avenging wrath a special and distinctly pronounced reference to Clytemnestra, displeased with Agamemnon for allowing the sacrifice of Iphigenia-- "Homeward returning see her go, And sit alone in sullen woe; While child-avenging anger waits Guileful and horrid at the palace gates." Though I have no doubt she is alluded to among other Furies that haunt the house of Atreus; and the poet very wisely supplies here a motive. So WELL., and LIN.; and my version, though free, I hope does nothing more than express this idea of a retributive wrath brooding through long years over a doomed family, and ever and anon, when apparently laid, breaking out with new manifestations--an idea, however, so expressed in the present passage that, as Dr. Peile says, "No translation can adequately set it forth." Note 18 (p. 47). "Jove, or what other name." After the above sublime introduction follows the Invocation of Jove, as the supreme over-ruling Deity, who alone, by his infinite power and wisdom, is able to lead the believing worshipper through the intricacies of a seemingly {339} perplexed Providence. The passage is one of the finest in ancient poetry, and deserves to be specially considered by theological students. The reader will note carefully the reverential awe with which the Chorus names the god invoked--a feeling quite akin to that anxiety which takes possession of inexperienced people when they are called on to address written or spoken words to persons of high rank. Many instances of this kind are quoted from the ancients by VICTORIUS, in STANLEY's notes, by SYM., and by PEILE. The most familiar instance to which I can refer the general reader is in the second chapter of Livy's first book:-- "Situs est Æneas, quemcumque eum dici jus fasque est, super Numicium flumen. Jovem indigetem appellant."