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(Plato), *' to come after the war,"—" to come,— leader or pre- 

 " deceflbr in point of time, — the war." Miroi rtiv S^a/^"" "rav vf^i- 

 §i)v iadvav e liXiog (rxori^ria-irUy (LuK. xxiv. 29.), " after the tribu- 

 " lation of thefe days the fun fliall be darkened," — " the fun 

 " fhall be darkened,— condudor preceding this event, — the tri- 

 " bulation of thefe days." 



O7oi xcu Actvctoitrtv oc^is-fii; fA,iTici,<ri xou jtosr' 'Aj^<XX^«. HoM. 



'* What chiefs there are among the Greeks even after Achil- 

 " LEs," — " what chiefs there are, — perfons attending them, ' 

 " or accompanying them, — the Greeks, — even condudor pre- 

 " ceding them, — Achilles." 



As any objed we are in purfuit of, and feek to obtain, may 

 with great propriety be faid to be the condudor that we follow, 

 jstera with the accufative is often ufed to exprefs fuch an inten- 

 tion or adlion. 



Of [Ai /4£r' av^nxTUi i^idag kou v&Kia, ^aXKit. HoM. //. 



" Who drives me in purfiiit of vain quarrels and contefls," — • 

 " who drives me, — objedl to which I am driven, — or which I am. 

 " made to follow, — vain quarrels and contefts." 



" Whom Neleus married on account of her beauty," — " whom. 

 '• Neleus married, — objed of his purfuit in doing fo, — or ob- 

 " je<fl by which he was led, — her beauty." 



X^(^S tSt; iJ!,ira, Scutk. Hom. //. 



" For Jupiter was gone the day before towards the ocean, 

 " among the virtuous Ethiopians, to hold a feftival," — " Jupi- 



" TEB., 



