ORES. I too entertain the same sentiments, and I receive with friendship thee in thy sufferings, O Menelaus, and thy oracles, O Apollo. APOL. Go now, each his own way, honoring the most excellent goddess Peace; but I will convey Helen to the mansions of Jove, passing through the pole of the shining stars, where sitting by Juno, and Hercules's Hebe, a goddess, she shall ever be honored by mortals with libations, in conjunction with the Tyndaridæ, the sons of Jove, presiding over the sea to the benefit of mariners. CHOR. O greatly glorious Victory, mayest thou uphold my life, and cease not from crowning me! * * * * * NOTES ON ORESTES * * * * [1] στεμματα, ερια, _Schol._ "eo quod colum cingant seu coronant," Scapula explains it. [2] "_Then_" is not to be considered as signifying point of time, but it is meant to express ουν, _continuativam_. See Hoogeveen de Particula ουν, Sect. ii. § 6. [3] The original Greek phrase was ελπιδος λεπτης, which Euripides has changed to ασθενους ‛ρωμης, though the other had equally suited the metre. But Euripides is fond of slight alterations in proverbs. PORSON. [4] δους--δυναται δε και αποδους. SCHOL. [5] Perhaps this interpretation of χρονιον is better than "slow," for the considerate Electra would hardly go to remind her brother of his infirmities. [6] Ποτνιαδες. The Furies have this epithet from Potnia, a town in Bœotia, where Glaucus's horses, having eaten of a certain herb and becoming mad, tore their own master in pieces. SCHOL. [6a] Note [D]. [6b] Dindorf would omit this verse. [7] ‛αλιτυπων, ‛αλιεων, ‛οι ταις κωπαις τυπτουσι την θαλασσαν. SCHOL. [8] αφυλλου. Alluding to the branch, which the ancients used to hold in token of supplication. [9] "κατα την νυκτα πεπονθα τηρων την αναιρεσιν, και την αναληψιν των οστεων, τουτεστιν, ‛ινα μη τις αφεληται ταυτα." PARAPH. Heath translates it, _watchfully observing, till her bones were collected._ [10] The old reading was απαιδευτα. The meaning of the present reading seems to be, "Yes, they are awful 'tis true, but still however you need not be so very scrupulous about naming them." [11] αναφορα was a legal term, and signified the line of defense adopted by the accused, when he transferred the charge brought against himself to some other person.--See Demosthenes in Timocr. [12] Œax was Palamede's brother. [13] And therefore we are not to impeach the _man_. Some would have δουλον to bear the sense of δουλοποιον, enslaves, and therefore can not be avoided. [14] εχω for ενοχος ειμι. [15] Ζηλω, το μακαριζω. ενταυθα δε αντι του επαινω. SCHOL. [16] Conf. Ter. Eun. Act. v. Sc. 2. Non dedignum, Chærea, Fecisti; nam si ego digna hac contumelia Sum maxume, at tu indignus, qui faceres, tamen. [16a] Note [E].