"The Greek words, ἀλλ ὅρκον ὀυ δεξαιτ ἄν, ὀυ δοῦναι θέλει have, in the juridical language of Athens, decidedly only this meaning; and, in the present passage, there is no reasonable ground for taking them in any other sense, though it is perfectly true that in some passages, ὅρκου διδόναι signifies simply to _swear_, and ὅρκον δέχεσθαι, _to accept an attestation on oath._"--SCHOEMANN. Note 35 (p. 155). "In old Ixíon's guise." "Ixíon was the son of Phlegyas, his mother Dia, a daughter of Deioneus. He was king of the Lapithæ, or Phlegyes, and the father of Peirithous. When Deioneus demanded of Ixíon the bridal gifts he had promised, Ixíon treacherously invited him as though to a banquet, and then contrived to make him fall into a pit filled with fire. As no one purified Ixíon from this treacherous murder, and all the gods were indignant at him, Zeus took pity on him, purified him, and invited him to his table."--_Mythol. Dict._ Note 36 (p. 156). "The ancient city of famous Priam thou Didst sheer uncity." The original ἄπολιν Ιλίου πόλιν ἔθηκας, contains a mannerism of the tragedians too characteristic to be omitted. 'Tis one of the many tricks of that wisdom of words which the curious Greeklings sought, and did not find, in the rough Gospel of St. Paul. Note 37 (p. 156). "For thee, in that thou comest to my halls." The best exposition that I have seen of the various difficulties of this speech, is that of SCHOE., unfortunately too long for extract. As to κατηρτὺκὼς, LIN. has, in the notes to his edition, justly characterised his own translation of it, in the Dictionary as _durissimum_. The first ὃμως, of course, must go; and there is nothing better than changing it with PAUW, MÜLL., and SCHOE., into ἐμ(ο)ις. The second ὅμως must likewise go; say ὁσιὼς with MÜLL. or ὅυτως with SCHOE. There is then no difficulty. Note 38 (p. 157). CHORAL HYMN. This chorus contains a solemn enumeration of some of the main texts of Greek morality, and is in that view very important. The leading measure is the heptasyllabic trochaic verse so common in English, varied with cretics and dactyles. I have amused myself with giving a sort of imitation of the rhythm, so far as the trochees and cretics are concerned; to introduce the dactyles in the places where they occur, would produce--as I found by experiment--a tripping effect altogether out of keeping with the general solemnity of the piece. Note 39 (p. 158). "But who sports, a careless liver." 'Tis impossible not to agree with SCHOE. that these two lines are corrupt beyond the hope of emendation. He proposes to read-- τίς δὲ μηδὲν ἐυσεβεῖ καρδίας ἄγᾳ τρεων. {382} A very ingenious restoration; and one which, as matters now stand, I should have little scruple in introducing into the text; but, for poetical purposes, I have not been willing to lose the image with which the present reading, ἐν φάει, supplies me and FR.-- "Wer der nicht bei Wonneglanz Trauer auch im Herzen hegt," etc.