"Zeus, though his proper region is above, yet, by reason of his perfect concord with his brother in the moral government of the world, exercises authority also in Hades"--KL. This is one of the many instances to be found in Homer and Æschylus of the Monotheistic principle of an enlightened Deism controlling and overruling the apparent confusion and anarchy of Polytheism. Note 31 (p. 111). "Ye that honoured reign below." What the true reading of the corrupt original here is, no one can know; but it may be some satisfaction to the student to note that the different readings of all the emendators bring out substantially the same sense. I give the various translations as follows:-- _You, whose dreaded power_ _The infernal realms revere, ye Furies, hear me!_--POT. O ye powers that are honoured among the dead, listen to my prayer.--E. P., Oxon. Höret ihr Herrscher der Tiefe, hört mich.--DROY. Höret mich Erd, und des Abgrund's mächte!--FR. Neither this "Earth," nor my "Furies," can be looked on as part of the text. They are only put in to fill up a gap, where nothing better can be done. Note 32 (p. 111). "And if blithe confidence awhile." This passage is desperate. I follow PEILE in the translation; though, if I were editing the Greek, I should prefer to follow WELL. and PAL. in doing nothing. Note 33 (p. 111). "The mother gave her child This wolfish nature wild." This translation, which is supported by PEILE, and PAL., and LIN., seems to me to give θυμὸς that reference to Orestes which connects it best with the previous lines, while it, at the same time, gives the least forced explanation of ἐκ μάτρος. Note 34 (p. 112). "Like a Persian mourner." The student will find a very remarkable difference between this version and that in POT. and E. P. Oxon., arising from the conversion of the word πολεμιστρίας into ἰηλεμιστρίας, a conjectural emendation which we owe to HERMANN and AHRENS, and which appears to me to be one of the most satisfactory that has ever been made on the text of Æschylus. It has, accordingly, been adopted by KL., PEILE, PAL., FR., and DROY. The oriental wailers were famous, and the "Maryandine and Mysian wailers" are especially mentioned by our poet in the final chorus of "the Persians;" which will be the best commentary on the exaggerated tone of the present passage. I have followed the recent German editors and translators in giving the first part of this Strophe to the Chorus. There seems to be a natural division at the words Ἰὼ, Ἰὼ δαία. {365} Note 35 (p. 112). _Orestes_. WELL. has certainly made a great oversight in running on continuously with these two Strophes. However the division be made, a new person must commence with Αέγεις πατρώϊον μόρον. Note 36 (p. 113).