Pindar.

See Thucydides, i. 127.

See Pausanias, v. 17; viii. 24; ix. 41; x. 29.

"Significat martyres Christianos, in tunica molesta fumantes."—Reiske.

Like the sword of Damocles. See Horace, "Odes," iii. 1. 17, 21.

See also Pausanias, iii. 17.

Surely ἄν ἀνατρέποι must be read.

Compare "On Curiosity," § x.

The reading is very doubtful. I adopt ἡδονῆς μὲν εὐθὑς κενιν χάριν, ἐλπίδος ἔρημον εὑρίσκουσι.

See Herodotus, vi. 86; Juvenal, xiii, 199-207.