ses, 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] [Greek: halitypon, halieon, hoi tais kopais typtousi ten thalassan].
SCHOL.

[8] [Greek: aphyllou]. Alluding to the branch, which the ancients used to
hold in token of supplication.

[9] "[Greek: kata ten nykta pepontha teron ten anairesin, kai ten analepsin
ton osteon, toutestin, hina me tis apheletai tauta]." PARAPH. Heath
translates it, _watchfully observing, till her bones were collected._

[10] The old reading was [Greek: apaideuta]. 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] [Greek: anaphora] 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] Oeax was Palamede's brother.

[13] And therefore we are not to impeach the _man_. Some would have [Greek:
doulon] to bear the sense of [Greek: doulopoion], enslaves, and therefore
can not be avoided.

[14] [Greek: echo] for [Greek: enochos eimi].

[15] [Greek: Zelo, to makarizo. entautha de anti tou epaino.] SCHOL.

[16] Conf. Ter. Eun. Act. v. Sc. 2.

Non dedignum, Chaerea,
Fecisti; nam si ego digna hac contumelia
Sum maxume, at tu indignus, qui faceres, tamen.

[16a] Note [E].

[17] Of this passage the Scholiast gives two interpretations; either it may
mean [Greek: meta dakryon kai goon eipon]: or, [Greek: eipon tauta eis
dakrya kai goous, kai xymphoras, egoun hina me tycho, touton: teuxomai de,
ei petrothenai me easeis].

[18] _"Beyond any woman,"_ [Greek: gyne mia], this is a mode of expression
frequently met with in the Attic writers, especially in Xenophon.

[19] [Greek: epi toi phonoi, toutesti dia ton phonon, hon eirgasametha.]
PARAPH.

[20] Thyestes and Atreus, having a dispute about their father Pelops's
kingdom, agreed, that whichever should discover the first prodigy should
have possession of the throne. There appeared in Atreus's flock a golden
lamb, which, however, AErope his wife secretly had conveyed to Thyestes to
show before the judges. Atreus afterward invited Thyestes to a feast, and
served up before him Aglaiis, Orchomenus, and Caleus, three sons he had by
his intrigues with AErope.

[21] Alluding to the murder o