shared the feast. The goddess gave the guests 12 loaves of barley and of wheat,13 wine, cakes, 14 and a share of the offerings 15 [drawn] from the consecrated pasture,1 16 and also of the game.17 For Xenophon's sons and those of the other citizens held a chase to supply 18 the festival: the men, too, who were disposed,19 joined; 20 and there were taken partly 21 from the sacred district itself, partly 21 from Pholoe, wildboars, 22 gazelles, 23 and stags. The spot 24 lies on the [road] which [visitors] travel 25 from Lacedæmon to Olympia, about 26 twenty stadia from the temple of Jove in Olympia. In the consecrated region there is meadowland, groves, and hills full of trees, fit to rear wildboars, goats, sheep and horses, so that the beasts-of-burden 28 belonging to 29 the votaries of 30 the festival feed luxuriously.31 Around the temple itself is planted a grove of all garden 32 trees, whose fruit is eatable 33 in season.34 The temple resembles 35 that at Ephesus, so far as 36 a small [can resemble] a great temple; and the statue is like that in Ephesus, so far as a statue of cypress is like a statue of gold. 27 The tracks of the hare are numerous in the winter, owing to the length of the nights; in the summer, few, for the opposite [reason]. In winter there is no scent of them in the morning, whenever there is a hoar-frost 5 or ice: for a hoar-frost retains the warmth [of the foot3 Ovk öğel. W. Gr. Gr. § 132, f. obs. 1Ἴχνη. 4 Πρωί. 2 Διὰ, accus. 22 12 prints] by its own retraction," and the ice by congealing it. The dogs cannot detect them, their scent being blunted,10 when they are in this condition,11 before the sun or the advancing day melts 13 them; then indeed the dogs scent 14 them, and they rise above the ground and 15 smell. Heavy 16 dew, too, obliterates them by weighing them down; 17 and intermittent 18 showers, by drawing out 19 the exhalations 20 of the soil, render the track hard to scent, until 21 it becomes dry. South winds 23 also injure it, for they soak it through and through 24 with wet; whereas north winds,23 if [the tracks] are still firm,25 harden 26 and retain them. Both violent 27 and drizzling rains 28 drench them; the moon, too, obscures 29 them with her heat, especially when there is a full moon; they are then most irregular; 30 for, revelling in the moonbeams, the hares spring up 32 and make long strides 33 in play with one another; and they become confused whenever foxes have crossed the ground before them.34 A seasonable 35 spring renders the traces clear, save when a luxuriant vegetation 36 checks the dogs, by commingling 37 the scents of the flowers [with the tracks]. They are slight and indistinct in the summer; 38 for the earth being very hot obliterates the warmth they contain; and the dogs have then a duller scent, because their bodies are relaxed.39 31 'Drawing it back by its own strength. 8 Επιπήγνυμι, 1 aor. act. * Αἰσθάνεσθαι. 10 Being tender [μaλakiáw] as to their noses.' 12 IIpìv av, with conjunctive. W. Gr. Gr. § 177, b. obs.2. Η Τοιοῦτος. 13 Διαλύειν. 16 Πολύς. 17 14 Οσφραίνομαι. Karapépew, partic. 19 "Ayew, partic. 20 Οσμαί. 22 25" vúxeodai, 1 aor. pass. conjunctive. Αλυτος. 30 Μανότατα. diaipeiv, partic. τῇ ὥρᾳ. $131, a. 26 Συνίστημι. 31 Φέγγος. 34 27 Χετοι. 16 Επαναφέρεσθαι, partic. 18 Οἱ γιγνόμενοι διὰ χρόνου. 21 "Ews av. W. Gr. Gr. § 177, b. 23 Νότια-βόρεια. 24 28 ψακάδες. 32 'Eжavvapρinтeiv, partic. Προδιεξελθεῖν, conjunct. 30 Ἡ γῆ ἐξανθοῦσα. 37 29 Διαχεῖν. 'Αμαυροῦν. 33 Μακρὰ 35 Καλῶς κεκραμένον Συμμίγνυμι. 38 W. Gr. Gr 39 'Exλveolai, perf. pass. infin. LX. Really," replied I, it is not improbable; for I remember myself, after your answer,3 that in the first place no two persons are born exactly like each other, but differing in natural endowments, one for performance of one work, another of another. Does it not seem so to you?' 'It does.'7 5 'Well; would a man succeed best by devoting himself,10 in his individual capacity,11 to 10 many trades, 12 or to one exclusively? '13 'To one exclusively.' Again,14 it is also clear, I imagine, that, if a man lets slip 15 the right moment 16 for any work, it never returns.' 'Clear, indeed.' 'For, I imagine, the thing to be done 17 is not willing to tarry the leisure of the doer, but it is essential that the doer should be at the beck of18 the thing to be done, not [treating it] as a secondary affair.'1 'It is essential.' 'It follows, then, from these premises that 20 all things are produced in superior quantity 21 and quality, and more easily, when each man does one thing, according to his natural endowments, and at the right moment, leaving all the rest alone." 722 is not born quite like each. Dúois, accus. W. Gr. Gr. § 142. 8 Tí dé; The classical languages which give a lively air to argu 6 Ἐπὶ πράξει. 7'To me at least. abound in these interrogative forms, ment, narrative, or dialogue. Cf. CICERO's frequent use of 'Quid'? • Πράττειν. 13 Eis, 10 Εργαζόμενος. 11 Eis av. 14 ̓Αλλὰ μήν. 18 Επακολουθεῖν. 12 Τέχναι. 15 Παρίημι. 10 Καιρός. 19 Εν παρέργου μέρει. 17 Το πραττόμενον. Μέρος, like ἀριθμὸς, λόγος, τάξις, is often used in this sense. LIDD., Lex. μέρος. 20 Εκ τούτων. 22 21 More.' Σχολὴν ἄγων, with gen. 'There is need, then, of more than four citizens to provide the requisites 23 we named; for the farmer, as it seems, will not make his own 24 plough, if it is 25 to be a good one, nor his mattock, 26 nor the other tools 27 employed in 28 agriculture. No more 29 will the builder, and he is in need of many; and so also the weaver 30 and the shoemaker.' 31 6 8 But when dissoluteness1 and diseases abound in a city, are not law-courts and surgeries opened in abun dance, and do not law and physic' plume themselves, when even gentlemen' in numbers are eagerly devoted to 10 them?' 5 'How can they do otherwise?' 12 Can you find a greater proof of a low and vicious" education in a state than the fact that 12 not merely baseborn mechanics, 13 but even those who claim 14 to have been bred in the style of gentlemen,15 require 12 first-rate16 physicians and jurymen ?17 Does it not seem to you scandalous, and a great proof of defective education,18 to be compelled to resort 19 to justice imported 20 from others, in the character of21 lords and judges, from the want of them at home?'22 11 'Scandalous in the highest degree,' replied he. 'Does it seem to you to be at all less scandalous, when 30 a man not only consumes 23 the greater part of his life in courts of law as plaintiff24 and defendant,25 but actually 26 is induced by his vulgarity 27 to plume himself28 on this very fact, [boasting] that he is an adept 29 in crime, and ready for every shift and turn,3° ready by every manœuvre and evasion 31 to wriggle 32 away and escape, so as to avoid punishment, and this for the sake of trifles 33 worth nothing, not knowing how much nobler and better it is to order his life so as not to need a slumbering 34 judge?' 5 24 Διώκων. 28 Καλλωπίζεσθαι. LXII. 31 6 25 φεύγων. 29 Δεινός. "Going through all evasions' 33 Σμικρά. 34 Νυστάζων. 'You amuse me,1 because you seem to fear the multitude, lest you should appear to insist upon3 useless studies.* Now it is not very easy, but very difficult, to believe that by these studies an organ of each man's soul is being purged and quickened, [after] being injured and blinded by other pursuits3— [an organ] whose preservation is more important than a thousand eyes; because only by it is truth seen. To those then by whom these [studies] are approved,10 you will seem to speak extremely well;11 while all who do not appreciate12 this [doctrine] will naturally 13 think your proposal valueless;14 for they see no considerable 15 advantage 16 [arising] from them beyond their practical applications.17 Consider, therefore, at once,18 with which of the two [parties] you are conversing; 19 or if 2 You seem like one fearing? 5 Φαῦλον. 6 Αναζωπυρεῖσθαι. you 3 Προστάττειν. * Τυφλοῦσθαι. 9' More important [xpeîτrov] to be saved? l'Aμnxávws is ev. 12 Aiobávoμai, perf. pass. part. 14 That you say nothing?' 17 "AXλn, agreeing with 'advantage.' 15 Αξιος λόγου. 18 Αὐτόθεν. |