Med. 822. are sufficient to justify the use of φιλοξένη in a tragic iambic. The feminine termination is peculiarly inadmissible in the present instance, as the Poet, by virtue of the σχῆμα πρὸς τὸ σημαινόμενον, has taken the liberty of joining the words Αιγίσθου βία, to a masculine adjective in the same play. V. 893. Οι γώ, τέθνηκας, φίλτατ' Αιγίσθου βία. I venture to propose the following emendation of the verse in question : Εἴπερ φιλόξενος τις Αιγίσθου βία. This use of is by no means uncommon, although it is not noticed, to the best of my knowledge, by the commentators on the Attic poets. I subjoin a few examples of it. sch. Prom. 695. Πρό γε στενάζεις, καὶ φόβου πλέα τις εἶ. Sph. Αj. 1266. Φεῦ, τοῦ θανόντος ὡς ταχεῖα τις βροτοῖς. Χάρις διαῤῥεῖ, καὶ προδοῦσ ̓ ἁλίσκεται. There is some authority for τοῖς βροτοῖς, but the common reading appars to me to be preferable on every account. Thil. 519. Aristoph. Αν. 924. II. Aristoph. Eq. 319. Ὅρα σὺ, μὴ νῦν μέν τις ευχερής παρῇς. Καὶ νὰ Δία, καμὲ τοῦτ' ἔδρασε ταυτὸν, ὥστε κατάγελων This is the common reading. Kuster, in his notes, proposes the flowing emendation of the first verse: Καμὶ, νὰ Δία, τοῦτ ̓ ἔδρασε ταυτὸν, ὥστε κατάγελων. Notwithstanding the dactyl in the second place, Brunck pronounces is emendation to be most certain, and has admitted it into his text. 'he Ravenna MS. reads: . Νὴ Δία, καμὲ τοῦτ ̓ ἔδρασε ταυτὸν, ὥστε κατάγελων. Καμὲ τοῦτ' ἔδρασε ταυτὸ, νὴ Δί', ὥστε κατάγελων. In the second verse, Kuster reads, in his text, τοῖς δημόταις καὶ τοῖς λοις, which reading is adopted by Brunck. Kuster proposes, in his stes, τοῖς δημόταισι καὶ φίλοις. This reading is confrmed by the avenna MS. I suspect, that the true reading of these two verses is follows : Κἀμὲ, νὴ Δί', αὐτὸ τοῦτ ̓ ἔδρασεν, ὥστε καὶ γέλων Πάμπολυν τοῖς δημόταισι καὶ φίλοις παρασχεθεῖν. In the first place, it appears to me, that αὐτὸ τοῦτο, this very thing, rees better with the preceding verses than ταυτὸ τοῦτο, the very same ing. Secondly, I have not been able to find any authority for the pression κατάγελων παρέχειν, το αford matter of laughter. In this nse, if I am not mistaken, the Attics always use γέλωτα or γέλων. n the other hand, ὥστε καὶ occurs frequently. So Ach. 143. Nub. 613. Ὑμῶν τ' ἐραστὴς ἦν ἀληθῶς, ὥστε καὶ ἐν τοῖσι τοίχοις ἔγραφ ̓, Αθηναῖοι καλοί. Ὥστε καὶ λέγειν ἅπαντας, ἐξιόντας ἑσπέρας, Μὴ πρίη, παῖ, δάδ, ἐπειδὴ φῶς σεληναίης καλόν. Αν. 1290. Ωρνιθομάνουν δ' οὕτω περιφανῶς, ὥστε καὶ So Thirdly, I write παρασχεθεῖν, with the circumfex accent on the last syllable. Ἔσχεθον is a poetic form of ἔσχον, the aorist of ἔχω, and, in some passages, has been converted into xov by the transcribers. Eurip. Hippol. 1289. : Αφανή. φανερὰν δ' ἔσχεθες (vulgo ἴσχες) ἄταν. Εσχεθες is the emendation of Markland, which Mr. Monk would probably have received into his text, if he had noticed the Aldine reading of Phan. 411. Πῶς δ ̓ ἦλθες "Αργος ; τίν ̓ ἐπίνοιαν ἔσχες ; Before I quit these three verses of Aristophanes, I must observe, that they ought rather to be attributed to Nicias than to Demosthenes. The mention of the deas, or parish called Пgyarai, is not made at random. It appears from Athenæus, (p. 537. C.) that Nicias was Περγασῆθεν. III. Aristoph. Αν. 599. Τοὺς θησαυρούς τ' αὐτοῖς δείξουσ', οὓς οἱ πρότεροι κατέθεντο, This is the reading of all the MSS. except one, which has dra instead of ἴσασι. The editions prior to that of Brunck read οίδασι, word as foreign to Attic ears as orari. Brunck, in his notes, proposes the following reading: Τῶν ἀργυρίων. οὗτοι γὰρ ἴσασ'. εἶχε λέγουσιν τάδε πάντες. Mr. Porson, (p. li.) prefers ὥστε λέγουσιν. 1 suspect that the error is chiefly in the word λέγουσι. Perhaps the Poet wrote: Τῶν ἀργυρίων. οὗτοι γὰρ ἴσασ'. ᾄδουσί γε τοι τάδε πάντες. The alteration of d into ye is required by the sense. The other part of the emendation, which I do not propose with confidence, derives some weight from the resemblance of ἴσασι, οἴσασι, οἴδασι, and ᾄδουσι. It is possible, that the Poet may allude to some scolion or popular song. P. S. Allow me to take this opportunity of correcting an error which I have committed in a short letter inserted in the Ninth Number of the Classical Journal, p. 202. In the passage of the Troades, which gave occasion to that letter, (vv. 1123.-1155.) the ancient reading of the following words probably ought to be retained without alteration : καί σφ ̓ ᾐτήσατο θάψαι νεκρὸν τόνδ These words may be translated as follows: And she obtained leave from him to have this corpse buried. There is a similar passage in the Helena, ν. 1063. Ὡς δὴ θανόντα σ ̓ ἐνάλιον, κενῷ τάφῳ θάψαι τύραννον τῆσδε γῆς αἰτήσομαι. The second line is thus translated by Æmilius Portus : Ab hujus agri tyranno petam, ut mihi permittat te sepelire. It is hardly necessary to produce examples of this use of the verb αἰτοῦμαι. Eurip. Med. 780. Παῖδας δὲ μεῖναι τοὺς ἐμοὺς αἰτήσομαι This verse is thus translated by Portus: Petam verò ut liberi mei maneant. Professor Porson, Mr. E. H. Barker, and Sidneyensis. AFTER dismissing 9, scito, on the ground, that Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit, the controversy betwixt Sidneyensis and Mr. E. H. Barker (CLASSICAL JOURNAL, No. vIII. p. 433.—No. 1x. pp. 185, 187. No. x. pp. 377, 380.) turns on two questions very distinct and intelligible. 1. Is, ἵνα μάθη Διὸς νωθέστερος, without the participle ὤν, Attic Greek for this English "That he may learn he has not the cunning of Jove."? E. H. Barker asserts it. 2. Was Mr. Porson right, in remarking on the lection, Orest. 792. ποῦ γὰρ ἂν δείξω φίλος; that it involves a double solecism? E. H. Barker denies it. 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