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ng of other MSS。 tonvn is preferable。

XIII 〃Congiaries〃 (13)。 dianomais; 〃doles。〃

XIV 〃Cajeta〃 (17)。 The passage is certainly corrupt。 C。 spies a reference to Chryses praying by the sea…shore in the Illiad; and supposes M。 Aurelius to have done the like。 None of the emendations suggested is satisfactory。  At § XV。 Book II。  is usually reckoned to begin。  BOOK II III。  Do; soul〃 (6)。 If the received reading be right; it must be sarcastic; but there are several variants which show how unsatisfactory it is。  C。 translates 〃en gar o bioz ekasty so par eanty 〃 which I do not understand。  The sense required is: 〃Do not violence to thyself; for thou hast not long to use self…respect。 Life is not (v。 1。  so)  for each; and this life for thee is all but done。〃

X。 〃honour and credit do proceed〃 (12)。 The verb has dropt out of the text; but C。 has supplied one of the required meaning。

XI。  〃Consider;〃 etc。  (52)。 This verb is not in the Greek; which means: 〃(And reason also shows) how man; etc。〃

BOOK IV XV。  〃Agathos〃 (18): This is probably not a proper name; but the text seems to be unsound。  The meaning may be 〃the good man ought〃

XVI。  oikonomian (16) is a 〃practical benefit;〃 a secondary end。  XXXIX。  〃For herein lieth all。。。。〃 (~3)。 C。 translates his conjecture olan for ola。

BOOK V XIV。  katorqwseiz (15): Acts of 〃rightness〃 or 〃straightness。〃 XXIII。  〃Roarer〃 (28): Gr。  〃tragedian。〃 Ed。 1 has whoremonger;' ed。  2 corrects to 〃harlot;〃 but omits to alter' the word at its second occurrence。

XXV。  〃Thou hast 。 。 。 them〃 (33): A quotation from Homer; Odyssey; iv。  690。

XXVII。  〃 One of the poets〃 (33) : Hesiod; Op。  et Dies; 197。 XXIX and XXX。  (36)。 The Greek appears to contain quotations from sources not known; and the translation is a paraphrase。 (One or two alterations are here made on the authority of the second edition。)  BOOK VI XIII。  〃Affected and qualified〃 (i4): exis; the power of cohesion shown in things inanimate; fusiz; power of growth seen in plants and the like。

XVII。  〃Wonder at them〃 (18) : i。e。 mankind。

XXXVII。  〃Chrysippus〃 (42): C。 refers to a passage of Plutarch De Communibus Notitiis (c。 xiv。); where Chrysippus is represented as saying that a coarse phrase may be vile in itself; yet have due place in a comedy as contributing to a certain effect。

XL。  〃Man or men 。 。 。〃 There is no hiatus in the Greek; which means: 〃Whatever (is beneficial) for a man is so for other men also。〃

XLII。  There is no hiatus in the Greek。

BOOK VII IX。  C。 translates his conjecture mh for h。 The Greek means 〃 straight; or rectified;〃 with a play on the literal and metaphorical meaning of ortoz。

XIV。  endaimonia。  contains the word daimwn in composition。 XXII。The text is corrupt; but the words 〃or if it be but few 〃 should be 〃that is little enough。〃

XXIII。  〃Plato〃: Republic; vi。  p。  486 A。

XXV。  〃It will;〃 etc。  Euripides; Belerophon; frag。  287 (Nauck)。

〃Lives;〃 etc。  Euripides; Hypsipyle; frag。  757 (Nauck)。 〃As long;〃 etc。 Aristophanes; Acharne; 66 i。

〃Plato〃 Apology; p。  28 B。

〃For thus〃 Apology; p。  28 F。

XXVI。  〃But; 0 noble sir;〃 etc。  Plato; Gorgias; 512 D。 XXVII。 〃And as for those parts;〃 etc。  A quotation from Euripides; Chryssipus; frag。  839 (Nauck)。

〃With meats;〃 etc。  From Euripides; Supplices; 1110。  XXXIII。 〃They both;〃 i。e。 life and wrestling。

〃Says he〃 (63): Plato; quoted by Epictetus; Arr。  i。  28; 2 and 22。

XXXVII。  〃How know we;〃 etc。  The Greek means: 〃how know we whether Telauges were not nobler in character than Sophocles?〃  The allusion is unknown。

XXVII。  〃Frost〃 The word is written by Casaubon as a proper name; 〃 Pagus。'

〃The hardihood of Socrates was famous〃; see Plato; Siymposium; p。  220。

BOOK X XXII。  The Greek means; 〃paltry breath bearing up corpses; so that the tale of Dead Man's Land is clearer。〃

XXII。  〃The poet〃 (21) : Euripides; frag。  898 (Nauck); compare Aeschylus; Danaides; frag。  44。

XXIV。  〃Plato〃 (23): Theaetetus; p。  174 D。

XXXIV。  〃The poet〃 (34): Homer; Iliad; vi。  147。

XXXIV。  〃Wood〃: A translation of ulh; 〃matter。〃

XXXVIII。  〃Rhetoric〃 (38): Rather 〃the gift of speech〃; or perhaps the 〃decree〃 of the reasoning faculty。

BOOK XI V。 〃Cithaeron〃 (6) : Oedipus utters this cry after discovering that he has fulfilled his awful doom; he was exposed on Cithaeron as an infant to die; and the cry implies that he wishes he had died there。 Sophocles; Oedipus Tyrannus; 1391。

V。 〃New Comedy 。 。 。;〃 etc。  C。 has here strayed from the Greek rather widely。  Translate:  〃and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted; which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry。〃 C。 writes Comedia Vetus; Media; Nova。  XII。  〃Phocion〃 (13): When about to be put to death he charged his son to bear no malice against the Athenians。

XXVIII。  〃 My heart;〃 etc。  (31): From Homer; Odyssey ix。  413。 〃They will〃 From Hesiod; Opera et Dies; 184。

〃Epictetus〃 Arr。  i。  II; 37。

XXX。  〃Cut down grapes〃 (35): Correct 〃ears of corn。〃 〃Epictetus〃(36): Arr。  3; 22; 105。

GLOSSARY

This Glossary includes all proper names (excepting a few which are insignificant or unknown) and all obsolete or obscure words。 ADRIANUS; or Hadrian (76…138 A。 D。); i4th Roman Emperor。

Agrippa; M。 Vipsanius (63…12 B。C。); a distinguished soldier under Augustus。

Alexander the Great; King of Macedonia; and Conqueror of the East; 356…323 B。C。

Antisthenes of Athens; founder of the sect of Cynic philosophers; and an opponent of Plato; 5th century B。C Antoninus Pius; 15th Roman Emperor; 138…161 AD。  one of the best princes that ever mounted a throne。

Apathia:  the Stoic ideal was calmness in all circumstance an insensibility to pain; and absence of all exaltation at; pleasure or good fortune。

Apelles; a famous painter of antiquity。

Apollonius of Alexandria; called Dyscolus; or the 'ill…tempered;'

a great grammarian。

Aposteme; tumour; excrescence。

Archimedes of Syracuse 287…212 B。C。; the most famous mathematician of antiquity。

Athos; a mountain promontory at the N。 of the Aegean Sea。

Augustus; first Roman Emperor (ruled 31 B。C。…14 AD。)。

Avoid; void。

BACCHIUS:  there Were several persons of this name; and the one meant is perhaps the musician。

Brutus (1) the liberator of the Roman people from their kings; and (2) the murderer of Caesar。

Both names were household words。

Caesar; Caius; Julius; the Dictator and Conqueror。

Caieta; a town in Latium。

Camillus; a famous dictator in the early days of the Roman Republic。

Carnuntum; a town on the Danube in Upper Pannonia。

Cato; called of Utica; a Stoic who died by his own hand after the battle of Thapsus; 46 B。C。 His name was proverbial for virtue and courage。

Cautelous; cautious。

Cecrops; first legendary King of Athens。

Charax; perhaps the priestly historian of that name; whose date is unknown; except that it must be later than Nero。

Chirurgeon; surgeon。

Chrysippus; 280…207 B。C。; a Stoic philosopher; and the founder of Stoicism as a systematic philosophy。

Circus; the Circus Maximus at Rome; where games were held。

There were four companies who contracted to provide horses; drivers; etc。 These were called Factiones; and each had its distinguishing colour: russata (red); albata (white); veneta (blue); prasina (green)。 There was high rivalry between them; and riots and bloodshed not infrequently。

Cithaeron; a mountain range N。

of Attica。

Comedy; ancient; a term applied to the Attic comedy of Aristophanes and his time; which criticised persons and politics; like a modern comic journal; such as Punck。 See New Comedy。

Compendious; short。

Conceit; opinion。

Contentation; contentment。

Crates; a Cynic philosopher of the 4th century B。C。

Croesus; King of Lydia; proverbial for wealth; he reigned 560…546 B。C。

Cynics; a school of philosophers; founded by Antisthenes。 Their texts were a kind of caricature of Socraticism。 Nothing was good but virtue; nothing bad but vice。 The Cynics repudiated all civil and social claims; and attempted to return to what they called a state of nature。 Many of them were very disgusting in their manners。

DEMETRIUS of Phalerum; an Athenian orator; statesman; philos

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