CLASSICAL NOTES. 19 



Pindar's fifth Isthmian ode (the sixth according to the other arrange- 

 ment) occurs an exact counterpart : 



" eltj (5£ rpiTov 

 auTTJpi TTopaalvovrag 'OTiV/Lnriu Aiycvav Kara 

 cnevdeLV fieTiKpOdyyoig aoidali;." (10-12). 

 " May it be mine to offer a third bowl to Olympian Zens the Saviour, 

 and pour over the land of ^gina a libation of honey-sweet song." 



Pindar has sang one ode (Nem. Y.) for one member of his hero's 

 family ; and this is the second and celebrates an Isthmian victory. 

 There remains therefore yet to be won victory at Olympia. Accord- 

 ingly the poet prays that it may be his lot to pour a tijird libation- 

 ode, in honour of Zeus, " Saviour and Olympian." " Saviour" be- 

 cause to Zeus by this title the third libation is poured. " Olympian" 

 because the victory which he hopes to celebrate is to be won at 

 Olympia. 



NOTES ON JUVENAL AND HORACE 



Juvenal, Sat. XIY., 281-283. 



Grande operae pretium est, ut tenso folle reverti 

 Inde domum possis tumidaque superbus aluta 

 Oceani monstra et juvenes vidisse marinos. 



Such is the form in which this passage appears in the first edition 

 of Mr. Mayor, and in the editions of Jahn, Heinrich, Ruperti, 

 Hackermann, Stocker, and Lemaire ; and in the second edition of 

 Mr. Escott. 



Of these editors the last two only have translated the passage : 

 the former correctly, the latter, misled by the punctuation, quite 

 wrongly. Lemaire paraphrases " operae pretium est vidisse . 

 unde redeant," making vidisse depend on operae pretium est. Mr, 

 Escott translates, " you have an ample reward in that you are able 

 to return home with swelling purse," etc. The others pass by the 

 passage in silence. In whatever sense they took it, their punctua- 

 tion, at any rate, is indefensible. 



Better is the punctuation of Achaintre's and of the Delphin edi- 

 tion, which place commas at est, possis, aiiUa, and monstra ; and 

 better still the text of Mr. Simcox, who punctuates at est, possis, and 

 aluta only. But, even so, the construction is obscured by the punc- 

 tuation ; and the Delphin editor seems to have missed it : he para- 

 phrases "magnum quid fecisse putas si dives redeas," and again, 



