The reading is very doubtful. I have followed Wyttenbach in reading τριβομένην τριβὴν ἀτελῆ.

Such as that of the Danaides. So Wyttenbach.

Adopting the arrangement of Wyttenbach.

Compare Homer, "Odyssey," xxiv. 5-10.

See Pausanias, vii. 17, for a sneaking kindness for Nero.

See Athenæus, 687 B.