1810.] 
seciates hominibus wnpiis qui audact pervi- 
cacitaie animarum contendunt magno loc 
etinere in urbem irrumpere, Jovis volun- 
tate pessum dabitur simul.”.—We learn 
from M. Brunk’s remarks, that his ma- 
huscripts presented the same reading, 
which is allowed by the second Scholia, 
At verse 632, Nuaice rirasis found in- 
stead of Nk. It is dificult to find 
atiy example of the adjective dualog em- 
ployed with ’a feminine substantive, even 
among the Aitic wnters. In verse 178, 
the pret cails those prayers of the chorus, 
WAVOLKOKS | AiTes } and although TWUVOsKLG, 
as fod in’ another manuscript (No. 
2781), may be right, yet wavd‘xo/s dues 
not appear less correct. 
In our editions, verse 732 is not in 
metre : 
Taororanp 0 epic’ rea)” orpives. 
Filiorum perditrex Co ntentio ista urget. 
The nianuser) pt has as’ é orpuyer, and M, 
Brank has judiciously preferred this read- 
ine. In our editions we read, on the 
subject of (Edipus’s incest: 
Ore fanrpeg aye 
CTE cpa ape coy ty erphpu 
piCay aluwar oeecay 
eTAa. 
Tt is difficult, to understand, in this 
place, the object of the epithet aryucey 
purum, or castune Sulcum matris seminan ae 
SUL SUNLUNIS 7° dicen, ausus est Langere 
nor can one easily discover the utility of 
iy ézpadn, aiter having sad sulcwr ma- 
tres. -' Tbe manuseript before us, reads 
like those of M, Brunk, na opis dyvav 
ene pas Ne cad) and’ the subsequent wy 
Ecpagn is thie reasen which rendered gon, . 
purum, in respect to Cudipus, the sulewn 
watris in. which he had “heen formed, 
‘This reading is, therefore, decidedly ihe. 
best. , ahs : 
In verses 212 and. 213 of the Prome- 
theus, speaking of the war of the Titans 
against the Go 1s, Prometheus says, he 
had learned from his mother, that victory 
was to be obtained, not by force, but by 
cunning orstratagem: | 
"Oo Buns leyiv, ds 
pos TO Kapreesy 
Kenn dodw de tao b 
a ne 
LTEe0 aXOUT TAS UpATEsY. 
Such was the ancient readin 1@ 5 but it 
has degenerated, whetber afier MSS. or 
after conjectures, mto this, Xptin; that 
Hs to say, xpete %, onus Sit, mecesse Sif. 
Rs Dawes, being justly dissatinbed with 
this form, has substituted, conjecturally, 
in his Critical Miscellanies, pein, AN Ops, 
tative, very cominonly employed after 
flie particles a5, iva. ot, Ac. to ©X press, 
the past time, necesse esset, But all the 
MiSs. which M. Vauvilliers had seen, 
‘dating “£0 fort 
make 
 exoyra?: 
andthe Prometheus,” of Aischyhes. 7 
are in favour of the ancient reading x9 
and only ditter in the particle ae e 
after deaw, aud this form is, i fact, very 
good. Thucydides prefers the use of 
to that of pein. As to the ellipsis of the 
comparative (adaXov, before the particle & fy 
there is not any Greek writer, who does. 
not furnish examples of it. rhe phrase 
thus taken, signifies therefore, “ Oner- 
tere, in fatis esse non vt aut roboré, MLS 
quai dolo victores vincere; and every 
one understands, that this grammatical 
fiyure amounts to the same as “ dode 
MAGS quam vi aut.robore.” On the sub- 
ject of the participle present, iwepeyerraz, 
instead of which many editions bave 
Onspslovras, itis well known, that the fu- 
ture 1S nat by any means necessary ue 
such a circumstance; as in Latin, “ szdsié 
senaius legatos ae is the same as 
velaturos, or gue vetarent. The manu- 
script under our immediate considera 
tion, reads, 
wen 0 dohw ve Tes bnerex ares x parely. 
At verse 215, the prunes d editions have 
as follows: 
eae Of peor THY Waptcwroy rore 
Boalver’ Biveit mparnefsove: penrepa 
BLOVS EXOY TL Znvs SUMTLPAS OTE. 
“ Optinum mihi in praesent? cx omnibus 
visum est, ut assumens matrem, volens vo- 
lenit Jovi assisterem.” In this - passage, 
the mpooraeovre 1S se in itself, as re- 
but then, what are we to 
eof the exovd evovts Zavi? It does 
not appear credible, that ZEschylus wrote 
enavet, exours 3 ONE ‘having. a reference to 
Jupiter, the other to Prometheus, If hie 
wrote éaivra, ean we admit, 
side of the other, two adjectives relating 
to the sane person; one to the dative, 
mpooralg vrs, the other to the accusauve,, 
No such example isto be found 
among the Greek authors. Our manu- 
script, therefore, is mvht m having wpoo— 
Acesoure, the two adjectives then ] Jolung, 
hot tothe wes, but ta-the i infinitive, Te » 
CRSUTENY, moae of construction com 
mnonty tovnd. 
At verse 618, Paw’s edition reads, 
Aly ivew ale 4° Wav yap ExTUTOO prov. 
6 Dic guid postules? ham guidvis a me 
coceberis.”? 
But te give it this sense, ont ples hee: 
oecasiun of the parcicle & ay, without which 
the optative never assumes the power ot 
a future; this anay be supplied in the 
MS. oie cony jecture; for we only find 
Gus Wi chine feenes a verse defec- 
tive a one. syllable. M. Brunk has 
printed. way yap dy mvSoo yea, after a mia- 
uuscript. 
3 : anes 
ane at the 
nF. ie 
