[32] Cf. Suppl. 773. Αιδου τε μολπας εκχεω δακρυρροους, φιλους προσαυδων, ‛ων λελειμμενος ταλας ερημα κλαιω. See Gorius Monum. sive Columbar. Libert. Florent. mdccxxvii. p.186, who observes, "χαιρε was the accustomed salutation addressed to the dead. Catullus, Carm. xcvii. _Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu, atque in perpetuum frater HAVE, atque VALE_." The same scholar compares a monument, apud Fabretti, cap. v. p. 392, n. 265, D. M AVE SALVINIA OMNIUM. AMAN TISSIMA. ET. VALE, which is very apposite to the present occasion. B. [33] Wakefield reads χαιρε καιν Αιδου δομοις; having in his mind probably Hom. Il. Ψ. 19. Χαιρε μοι ‛ω Πατροκλε, και ειν Αϊδαο δομοισι. [34] I should scarcely have observed that this is the proper sense of the imperfect, had not the former translator mistaken it. B. [35] Cf. Iph. Taur. 244. χερνιβας δε και καταργματα ουκ αν φθανοις αν ευτρεπη ποιουμενη. B. [36] An apparent allusion to the fable of Death and the Old Man. B [37] Aristophanes' version of this line is, ω παι, τιν αυχεις, ποτερα Λυδον η Φρυγα Μορμολυττεσθαι δοκεις. B. [38] Turned by Aristophanes into an apology for beating one's father, Nub. 1415. κλαουσι παιδες, πατερα δ' ου κλαειν δοκεις. See Thesmoph. 194. B. [39] Cf. Æsch. Choeph. sub init. and Gorius, Monum. Libert. p. 24. ad Tab. x. lit. A. [40] Theocrit. i. 27. Και βαθυ κισσυβιον κεκλυσμενον ‛αδει καρωι, Τω περι μεν χειλη μαρευεται ‛υψοθι κισσος. B. [41] Hamlet, v. 1. --Hold off the earth awhile, Till I have caught her once more in mine arms: [_ leaps into the grave_.] Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead. B. [42] Cf. vs. 195. ‛ον ου προσειπε και προσερρηθη παλιν. B. [43] Ορφεια γαρυς, a paraphrasis for Ορφευς. [44] αντιτεμων, μεταφορικως απο των τας ‛ριζας τεμνοντων και ‛ευρισκοντων. SCHOL. TR. Cf. on Æsch. Agam. 17. B. [45] In Phavorinus, among the senses of κλισια is κλινη και κλινητηριον. [46] It will be remembered that the tombs were built near the highways, with great magnificence, and sometimes very lofty, especially when near the sea-coast (cf. Æsch. Choeph. 351. D'Orville on Charit. lib. i. sub fin. Eurip. Hecub. 1273). They are often used as landmarks or milestones, as in Theocr. vi. 10, and as oratories or chapels, Apul. Florid, i. p.340, ed. Elm. B. [47] This appears the most obvious sense, as connected with what follows. All the interpreters, however, translate it, _I thought myself worthy, standing, as I did, near thy calamities_,(i.e. near thee in thy calamities,) _to be proved thy friend._ [48] In the same manner ‛ηβαι is used in Orestes, 687, ‛οταν γαρ ‛ηβαι δημος εις οργην πεσων. [49] i.e. _the severed head of the Gorgon_. Valckenaer observes, that this is an expression meaning _facie aversa_, and compares l. 465 of the Phœnissæ. [50] Winter's Tale, v. 3.