I do not see why WELL. and KL. should object to πόροι being taken, as the Scholiast hints, for an equivalent to ποταμοὶ. The word simply means "_channels_," and in the present connection of purification would naturally explain itself to a Greek ear, as _channels of water_. KL.'s rendering of πόρος, _ratio expiandae caedis_, has no merit but being unpoetical. The ἰοῦσαν ἄτην holds concealed some hopeless blunder; but for the need the κλύσειαν άν μάτην of FR. may be adopted. Note 7 (p. 101). "What the masters of my fate In their strength decree." "There is a proverb, Δ(ο)υλε δεσποτῶν ἄκουε καὶ δίκαια καὶ αδικα. _Slave hear thy master whether right or wrong_."--SCHOLIAST. Note 8 (p. 101). ". . . beneath the veil." ὑφ (ε)ιμάτων. STAN. quotes the beautiful picture of Telemachus (Odyssey IV. 114), endeavouring to conceal his filial sorrow from the eyes of Menelaus at Sparta-- "From his eye the tear-drop fell when he heard his father's name, And with both his hands before his eyes he held the purple cloak." Note 9 (p. 102). ". . . libations pure, Poured on my father's tomb." These libations are described in various passages of the Classics, of which the following may suffice:-- "Then to all the dead I poured libations, first with honied milk, Then with sweetest wine, and then with water, and I strewed the grains Of whitest meal."--ODYSSEY XI. 26. "Go, my Hermione, without the door, And these libations take, and take my hair, And, standing over Clytemnestra's tomb, Milk-mingled honey and the winy foam Pour, and thus speak."--EURIP., OREST. 112. "And with the due libation's triple flow She crowns the corpse."--SOPH. ANTIG., 429. The χοᾶισι πρισπόνδαισι, being the _wine_, _water_, and _milk_, particularised in the above extract from Homer. Compare Virgil's Æn. V. 78, and St. Augustine's Confessions vi. 2, with regard to his mother's offering at the tombs of the martyrs--_pultes et panem et merum_. Note 10 (p. 102). ". . . as who throws lustral ashes." καθάρματα. "Ashes of lustral offerings"--PEILE. "Alluding to the custom of the Athenians, who, after purifying their houses with incense in an earthen vessel, threw the vessel into the streets, and retired with averted eyes."--SCHOLIAST. {360} Note 11 (p. 102). "What other quittance to a foe Than hate repaid with hate, and blow with blow?" Why not? πῶς δ᾽ ου; how should it be otherwise? Observe, here, how far the Christian rule, _love thine enemies_, was from the Heathen mind. It is very far yet from our practice; though it is difficult to over-estimate the value of having such ideal moral maxims as those of the New Testament to refer to as a generally recognized standard. Note 12 (p. 103). "Hermes, that swayest underneath the ground." All the recent editors agree in bringing up the line-- κήρυξ μέγιστε των άνω τε καὶ κάτω,