[8] Σφενδόνη.
[9] Aμἐθυστoς is compounded of the private particle α, and μέθυ, wine, or μεθύω, to be drunk.
[10] In Longus, B. iv., there is a curious description of the effect produced upon Daphnis's goats, by the different notes which he plays upon his pipe.
[11] ἐμβατήρια.—Literally, airs suitable for a march or an embarkation.
[12] λόγους eἰς εὐωχίαν ἐρανιζομενός. ἕρανος—a meal to which each contributed his share either in victuals or money.
[13] Nausicles was to assist him in the recovery of Theagenes, whom he regarded in the light of a son.
[14] See beginning of Book V.
[15] South of Ætolia, the modern Gulf of Patras.
[16] These islands, mentioned before, lie south-west of Acarnania.
[17] In Idyll. xxi. of Theocritus, the fisherman's tackle is described—