 presided over the pure sentiment of love, in distinction from Aphrodite, who presided over the sensual passion.


"The Pleiades mourning for their lost sister." p. 74.

One of the stars in the constellation of the Pleiades is said to have disappeared. They were fabled as seven sisters, and one lost her place in the sky by marrying a mortal.


"More happy than the gods is he." p. 75.

Second Ode of Sappho, translated by F. Fawkes, Esq.


"He has clothed the Graces." p. 76.

Socrates was originally a sculptor. He carved a beautiful group of the Graces; said to have been the first that were represented with clothing.


"Too frugal to buy coloured robes." p. 76.

The common people in Athens generally bought white garments, for the economy of having them dyed when they were defaced.


"Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit." p. 89.

In the Phœdrus of Plato, Socrates is represented as saying, "When I was about to cross the river, a demoniacal and usual sign was given me; and whenever this takes place, it always prohibits me from accomplishing what I was about to do. In the present instance, I seemed to hear a voice, which would not suffer me to depart till I had made an expiation; as if I had offended in some particular a divine nature."


"His statue stands among the Olympionicæ." p. 92.

The victors at the Olympic Games had their statues placed in the groves. These statues were called Olympionicæ.


"Count me on the summer trees." p. 98.

Part of the 14th Ode of Anacreon.


"As soon would I league myself with Odomantians." p. 112.

The Odomantians of Thrace, near the river Strymon, had the same grasping, avaricious character, attributed to the Jews in modern times.


"Concealed their frauds amid the flames of the Treasury." p. 113.

The Treasury in Athens was burned to the ground, by the Treasurers, who took that method to avoid being called to account for the money they had embezzled.


"That comes of having the Helots among them." p. 116.

The freemen of Sparta were forbidden the exercise of any mechanical or laborious employment. All these duties devolved upon the Helots; while their masters spent their time in dancing, feasting, hunting, and fighting.


"He approves the law forbidding masters to bestow freedom." p. 117.

There was a Spartan law forbidding masters to emancipate their
