[14] The head, as the noblest part, being the representative of the whole person; and often used as a periphrasis for it by the Greek and Roman writers. Clitopho here exhibits his ingenuity at the expense of nature, forgetting that
"An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told."—Richard III.
[15] ὢ μαικάριος, ἐγὼ παρὰ μίαν ἡμέραν.
"Usque ab unguiculo ad capillum summus est festivissima
Estne? considera; signum pictum pulchre videris."
Plautus. Epidic. Sc. v. 1.
[17] δεσπότην, οὐ yὰp ἄνδρα ἐρὤ.
"'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white
Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on."
Twelfth Night.
[19] The reader will call to mind a similar passage, in the conversation between Clinias and Clitopho, in B. i.
[20] κενοτάφιον μὲν γὰρ εἴδον, κενογάμιον δὲ οὔ.