4
Φρύγανα, sticks or faggots.
5
Plutarch, in his life of Pompey, attributes these lines to Sophocles, but does not mention the play in which they occurred.
6
Κρόνος, take away Κ. ρ., leaves ὄνος, an ass.
7
The Greek is a parody on the descriptions of Tantalus and Sisyphus. Hom. Od. ii. 581, 592. See also, Dryden’s Version, B. ii. 719.
8
The Greek is, ὡς ἀνέπλαττε Πλάτων πεπλασμένα θαύματα εἰδώς.