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EURIPIDES " BACCHJE," 10361062. 



'EireJ pdirvas TTjcrSe Orj^aias x^ovos 



AnroWes ef/3rm-:> 'Afftairoii ^oaj, 



Aeiras KiQaipwvfiof (Vej8dAAo/tej', 



Tlevdevs re /ca-yti, Seo-TroVjj yap fiit6fJLT]V, 



^epos 0' os rnjuv iro/rTrby ffv 6eajpias - 1040 



irpwTov fj,v oi>v TroiTfipbv 'lo/j.ev vairos, 



TO, T' K iroSuv tnyTjAa /cai y\wffffris v.iro 



O"wCoVTS. COS OO(tJU.l/ OVY 0pClJU6J / 0f" 



i$v 5' &yKOS a.fj.<piKpri/j.vov, vSaffi Sidfipoxov 



irevKaiffi o~v<rKidov, fvQa, Ma^aSes 1045 



KaOrivr' txovffai x e 'P aJ ^ TepTrroij irdYois. 



# # # # * 



Tlevdevs 8' 6 rATJ/xcor, #r)Aui' o^x ^pwi' 6x^ ov 1051 



ou/c eiKvovfj.ai MajraScuv uo~aois /J.66ov 



iSoi/j.' &^ iipdias MaivaSoov alffxpovpyiai/i" 1055 



TOVVTGuQtV ^877 TOIV f VOV Tt 0&U/iC &pO)' 



AajScov 7&/J eAaT^y ovf,d.viov aicpov KAaSov, 



KVK\OUTO 8' o&o~Te T^|OI', i) KU/JTOS rpoxbs, 



Topvip ypa(p6/j.fvos irfpifyopav e\Kei Sp6fj.ov 1060 



fKajAiTTfv tls yTjv, epyfj.ar' ovxl f^Tjro Spcav. 



NOTES. 



1036. GEpriTrt'ar either means abodes, or is the name of a place, in which 

 case the addition of rfn/de erj/J. x^- must be understood as intended to dis- 

 tinguish it from Therapnae in Thessaly and Laconia. 



1037. 'Ao-ourof, a river of Bosotia. Kitfaipcui/ was a mountain in the 

 neighbourhood. 



1040. Sever. This was Dionysus in disguise. 



1042. The construction is aw^ovret <rtyri\u -rd T' ft iro&tav, etc., keeping 

 silent the noise of our footsteps and voices. 



1044. 'A/j.<piKpn/jivov, with cliffs all around it. Atti/3poxoi/, watered (iia 

 ppexa, to wet througli)- 



1015. Si/ffKi'af oi/, making a shade, by the pines which grew there. 



Maii/a3<=r, the Bacchanals. From /lat^o/nai, I raue. 



1053. OUK efiK., I cannot reacJi with my eyes the rout of the ifterui'ls. 



1058. KarTryev, ftfev. The repetition of the >rtev denotes the successive 

 efforts made to pull the tree down. Dragged it down, down, down. This 

 figure of speech is called anaphora. 



1059. KuxXoDro. The augment is left out, as is generally the case 

 in the speeches of u-neAoi (messengers), probably to denote rapidity of 

 manner in telling the tale. 



"il<rre rofoi', SC. KvK\oinai. 



Tpoxot. The bending of the pine is likened to the curve of the wheel 

 which is marked out by the ropi/or on the timber out of which it is to 

 be cut. Topnif is the instrument used for drawing a circle or the arc oi 

 one, like a compass. 



1069. Ilcpi^opai/, etc., draws the circumference of its course. 



1061. "lit, equivalent to O'VTUK, thus. 



Our last extract is a fragment of a chorus from the "Medea," 

 in praise of Athens : 



"MEDEA," 820841. 



Ctl TO TTCL\CLluV O\(jtOt O-jl 



fJ.aKdpcai>, 

 airopdijTov T' 



iepas 



K\fivordrav <ro<f>'iav, 

 ad 5io XafjLirpoTdrov 

 BalvovTfs a/3p<w<? aiOepos, 

 tv6a iroff ayvas 

 tweet TliepiSas 

 Movffas \eyov<ri 

 |ac0ai/ 'Apfj.oviav <t>VTevo~ai. 

 oC ::y.\\ivdov r' onrb Krj<^j(roD ^ 

 Toi' Kvirptv K\7)ovo~iv a<pvo~- 

 fraufvav, x^P as Karairvfvffai 



/j.erpias avtfjuav 

 riSvwvdovs aijpas' 

 ael 5' eVi/SaAAoju.eVai' 

 yo.iTo.imv 6iit68rj p63e- 

 <DV irXoKOf avQewv 

 T$ <ro<t>ia Trapftipovs 



ai^TTtiv fptoTas, 

 rrovrcius operas vvepyovs. 



825 





83' 



84( 



NOTES. 



820. 'Epex^e^ai. The Athenians are so called as being descended from 

 Erectheus, one of the mythical heroes of Attica. 



821. QtSiv. Erectheus was said by the legends to be the son of the 

 god Hephaestus. 



822. 'AaroptffJToi/. It was the boast of the Athenians that in the course 

 of the numerous invasions of Greece their land had always remained 

 ntact. It is a singular fact that within three or four months after the 

 production of this play, Attica was ravaged for the first time by the 

 Lacedaemonians under Archidamus. 



825. AajuirpoTttTow refers to the pura air and clear atmosphere of Attica. 



825. 'A/Sp5v. Compare with this the account given by Periiles of the 

 Athenian character (Thuc. ii. 40) : " For we combine elegance of taste 

 with simplicity of life," etc. 



830. 'Apuoviav is the subject of <t>vrev<rai. According to the more gene- 

 rally received mythology, Mnemosyne was mother of the Muses. 



832. 'A^ixro-a/iti/ai/. 1 aor. mid. part, from an^vaaa. 



836. 'Kn-i/3uA\oMt'i'ai/, middle, ever wreathing her hair with the fragrant 

 garland of the roses' bloom. 



839. riaptdpoi/f , that sit by, and so, 7ielp and assist. 



TRANSLATION OF EXTEACT II. IN LAST BEADING. 

 XENOPHON. "ANABASIS," Book I., Chap. 3. 



And in this region the country was a plain throughout, as even as 

 the sea, and full of wormwood. If any other kinds of shrubs or 

 reeds grew there, they had all an aromatic smell; but no trees ap- 

 peared. Of wild creatures, the most numerous were wild asses, and 

 not a few ostriches, besides bustards and gazelles, which our horsemen 

 sometimes chased. The asses, when they were pursued, having gained 

 ground of the horses, stood still, for they exceeded them in speed; and 

 when these came up with them, they did the same thing again ; so 

 that our horsemen could take them by no other method but by di- 

 viding themselves into relays, and succeeding one another in the chase; 

 and when they were caught their flesh was found to be very like that 

 of deer, but tenderer. But no one caught an ostrich, and those of the 

 cavalry who pursued them soon desisted, for the creatures led them 

 away a good distance, flying before them at full speed, and using their 

 wings like sails to aid the speed of their feet. But if one is quick it is 

 possible to catch the bustard, for they fly only a short distance like 

 partridges, and soon become exhausted, and their flesh is very pala- 

 table. 



LESSONS IN FRENCH. LVL 

 34. EEMAEKS ON THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS. 



(1.) THE French, as well as the English, use the second 

 person plural for the second person singular, in addressing one 

 person. 



(2.) The second person singular, however, is used, as in 

 English, in addressing the Supreme Being : 



Grand Dieu ! tes jugements sont 

 reinplis d'e'quite'. 



DBS BARREA.UX. 



Great God, thy judgments are 

 full of equity. 



(3.) It is also used in poetry, or to give more energy to the 

 expression : 



O mon souverain roi ! 

 Me voici done treniblunte et seule 

 devant toi. KACINE, jBsther. 



my sovereign feing / 

 Here I am, trembling and alone 

 before thee. 



(4.) It is used by parents to children, and also among inti- 

 mate friends. 



(5.) The pronoun il* is used impersonally, in the same 

 manner as the English pronoun it : 



il pleut, it rains ; 



il gele, it freezes. 



(6.) Observe that the personal pronouns of the third person 

 are not used for the indirect object, in reference to inanimate 

 objects. The relative pronouns en, of or from it [ 40 (17)], y, 

 to it [ 40 (18)], are used instead of the personal pronouns. 

 Thus, in speaking of a house, we do not say, Je lui ajouterai une 

 aite. We must say : 



J'y ajouterai une aile. 



I u-ill rdd a icing to it (thereto). 



* The impersonal pronoun 11 is derived from Latin illwiJ; whilst the 

 personal pronoun of the third person masculine, il, is derived frota 



Hit. 



