The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations Part 36

88 Ter. Phorm. II. i. 11.

89 This refers to the speech of Agamemnon in Euripides, in the Iphigenia in Aulis-

... ???? se, ?????, ???? d? ??d??? ?? ????d????

??? ??ep??as, ?????, ???e??.-v. 15.

90 This is a fragment from the Hypsipyle-

?f? ?? ??de?? ?st?? ?? p??e? ??t??; ??pte? te t???a ??te?? a? ?t?ta? ?e?, a?t?? te ???s?e?. ?a? t?d? ?????ta? ??t??

e?? ??? f????te? ???; ??a??a??? d? ??e?

??? ?e???e?? ?ste ???p??? st????.

91 ?????? ?? ?efa??? p???e?????? ???et? ?a?ta?.-Il. x. 15.

92 ?t?? ? ?apped??? t? ?????? ???? a?at?

?? ???? ?ated??, pat?? a????p?? a?ee????.-Il. vi. 201.

93 This is a translation from Euripides-

?s?? ?e??? ? ?p???e ?? te ?? ???a??

???a? ????s? de??? ??de?a? t??a?.-Med. 57.

94 ???? ??? p????? ?a? ?p?t???? ??ata p??ta p?pt??s??, p?te ??? t?? ??ap?e?se?e p??????

???? ??? t?? ?? ?ata?apt?e?, ?? ?e ????s?, ????a ???? ????ta?, ?p? ?at? da???s??ta?.-Hom. Il. xix. 226.

95 This is one of the fragments of Euripides which we are unable to a.s.sign to any play in particular; it occurs Var. Ed. Tr. Inc. 167.

?? ?? t?d? ?a? p??t?? ?? ?a??????

?a? ? a???? d? d?? p???? ??a?st?????

e???? sfad??e?? ?? ??, ?? ?e????a p????, ??????? ??t??? dede?????; ??? d? ???? e??, ?a? ?at??t???? ?a???.

96 This is only a fragment preserved by Stobaeus-

???? d? ?? e??st??? ?a? s?f?t?t??? f?e??

t????sd? ?d??? ??, ???? ?st? ??? ?de, ?a??? ?a??? p??ss??t? s?pa?a???sa?; ?ta? d? da??? ??d??? e?t????? t? p???

?st??? ??e?s? t?? ??? pa???t??p??, t? p???? f???da ?a? ?a??? e?????a.

97 O?. ?????? ?????e? t??t? ?????s?e?? ?t?

????? ??s??s?? e?s?? ?at??? ?????.

??. ??? t?? ?? ?a??? ?e a???ss? ??a?

?a? ? sf?????ta ???? ?s??a??? ??.

aesch. Prom. v. 378.

98 Cicero alludes here to Il. vii. 211, which is thus translated by Pope-

His ma.s.sy javelin quivering in his hand, He stood the bulwark of the Grecian band; Through every Argive heart new transport ran, All Troy stood trembling at the mighty man: E'en Hector paused, and with new doubt oppress'd, Felt his great heart suspended in his breast; 'Twas vain to seek retreat, and vain to fear, Himself had challenged, and the foe drew near.

But Melmoth (Note on the Familiar Letters of Cicero, book ii. Let.

23) rightly accuses Cicero of having misunderstood Homer, who "by no means represents Hector as being thus totally dismayed at the approach of his adversary; and indeed it would have been inconsistent with the general character of that hero to have described him under such circ.u.mstances of terror."

??? d? ?a? ???e??? ??? ????e?? e?s?????te?, ????? d? t???? a???? ?p????e ???a ??ast??, ??t??? d? a?t? ???? ??? st??ess? p?ta.s.se?.

But there is a great difference, as Dr. Clarke remarks, between ???? ??? st??ess? p?ta.s.se? and ?a?d?? ??? st????? ????s?e?, or t???? a???? ?p????e ???a.-_The Trojans_, says Homer, _trembled_ at the sight of Ajax, and even Hector himself felt some emotion in his breast.

99 Cicero means Scipio Nasica, who in the riots consequent on the re-election of Tiberius Gracchus to the tribunate, B.C. 133, having called in vain on the consul, Mucius Scaevola, to save the republic, attacked Gracchus himself, who was slain in the tumult.

100 Morosus is evidently derived from mores-"Morosus, mos, stubbornness, selfwill, etc."-Riddle and Arnold, Lat. Diet.

101 In the original they run thus:-

??? ?st?? ??d?? de???? ?d? e?pe?? ?p??, ??d? p????, ??d? ??f??? ?e??at??

?? ??? ?? ????t? ????? ?????p?? f?s??.

102 This pa.s.sage is from the Eunuch of Terence, Act i. sc. 1, 14.

103 These verses are from the Atreus of Accius.

104 This was Marcus Atilius Regulus, the story of whose treatment by the Carthaginians in the first Punic War is well known to everybody.

105 This was Quintus Servilius Caepio, who, B.C. 105, was destroyed, with his army, by the Cimbri,-it was believed as a judgment for the covetousness which he had displayed in the plunder of Tolosa.

106 This was Marcus Aquilius, who, in the year B.C. 88, was sent against Mithridates as one of the consular legates: and being defeated, was delivered up to the king by the inhabitants of Mitylene. Mithridates put him to death by pouring molten gold down his throat.

107 This was the elder brother of the triumvir Marcus Cra.s.sus, B.C. 87.

He was put to death by Fimbria, who was in command of some of the troops of Marius.

108 Lucius Caesar and Caius Caesar were relations (it is uncertain in what degree) of the great Caesar, and were killed by Fimbria on the same occasion as Octavius.

109 M. Antonius was the grandfather of the triumvir; he was murdered the same year, B.C. 87, by Annius, when Marius and Cinna took Rome.

110 This story is alluded to by Horace-

Districtus ensis cui super impia Cervice pendet non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, Non avium citharaeve cantus Somnum reducent.-iii. 1. 17.

111 Hieronymus was a Rhodian, and a pupil of Aristotle, flouris.h.i.+ng about 300 B.C. He is frequently mentioned by Cicero.

112 We know very little of Dinomachus. Some MSS. have c.l.i.tomachus.

113 Callipho was in all probability a pupil of Epicurus, but we have no certain information about him.

114 Diodorus was a Syrian, and succeeded Critolaus as the head of the Peripatetic School at Athens.

115 Aristo was a native of Ceos, and a pupil of Lycon, who succeeded Stratton as the head of the Peripatetic School, B.C. 270. He afterwards himself succeeded Lycon.

116 Pyrrho was a native of Elis, and the originator of the sceptical theories of some of the ancient philosophers. He was a contemporary of Alexander.

117 Herillus was a disciple of Zeno of Cittium, and therefore a Stoic.