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820 N OT E S .
follows ho,·tanwr, with tbe omission of Itl. Z. 624; U. 493, 2; A. & S.
262, Rem. 4. - Quae sit fiducia (ei ) capto, (lit. what is the confidence
to him taken captive,) what is his ground of confidence now that he is
a prisoner, i. e. what intelligence he can uffer, or what service perform,
80 as not to meet the captive's doom.
76. This line is bracketed bere as wanting in several of the best
MSS., and not noticed by Servius. Lines or words inclosed in brackets
are of doubtful authenticity. - For midine, his assllmed fear.
77. Fueri t quodcumque, (lit. whatever shall have been,) •• halever
.hallll.appen./ i. 9 . come what will, "quioumque me sequfLtur eventus,"
(Servius.) The future perf. has sometimes tbe meaning of a quickly
completed future action, and is used where we should expect the simple
future. Sinon says, I will eonfess everytb in'g, whatever vengeance you
shall at once wreak upon me, -whatc,'er punishment shull be inflicted
8 0 suddenly, that it shall at once have been inflicted. H. 473, 1;. A. &;
S. 259, Rem. (5). See Z. 511; M. 340, Obs. 4; B. 1099; A. 57, III.
78. Me, sc. e88e.
79. Hoc primum, sc. fatebol" "Hoc," i. e. that I am a Greek.
80. Improba agrees with Fortuna.
81. Fando, i. e. by report. - Aliquod, indef. adj. pronoun agreei ng
with 110men (82) .
82. Belidae, of the descendant of Belus. (The long i suggests another
form of tho name, Beleus.) - P alamedes, son of Nltuplius, king of Euhoea,
(nnd gra.ndson of the gro.nd-daughter of Belus, king of Egypt,)
compelled Ulysses to tal{e part in the Trojan war. Vexed at this, and
also envious of his superior fame in war, Ulysses brought against him
a false-accusation of treachery, in consequence of which he was stoned
to death_ The story is ]Xlst-Homeric. - Incluta (= {"clyla) in the
nom., or the abl. case? H. 615, and 1; A. &; S. 29-!, 1, and Exc. ­
Fama. II. 414; A. &-, S. 247; B. 873; A. 54, I.
83. Falsa sub proditione, ""der a falle inf0,.,nation (in the legal
sense - 0 •• "8«1;0") . So C. All other editors, "nder a falo. eharge of
trea80n. - Pelasgi, i . e. the Achivi, the Greel,.. The Pelasgians were
the earliest inhabitants of Greece, the "dark backgrollnd" of her
history.
84. I nfando 'lndicio, by •• icl .. d le8Iim.;"y. Ulysses forged a Jetter
from Priam to Palamedes, and concealed it, with a sum of gold, in Pnlamedes'
tent, where they were found and used as testimony against
him.-Vetabat. The indicative gives tbe actltal reason why Palurnedes
was put to death. - 85. Lumine = vita.
87. Primis ab annis, from my earliest years,-from my oarly youth.