Herodotus' Skiriiiisli al Plataca. 303 



the chorus makes its final exit with the corpse on the ly.y.hy.h\(ia\ 

 for they are events which take place " behind the scenes." We 

 may well afford to leave these questions of unessential details 

 unsettled, if we may believe that the residue of the story rests upon 

 the authority of one who was not only certainly a contemporar}-, 

 but also probably a participator in both Salamis and Plataca. 



Yale University. Henrv B. Wright. 



