[86] Lysicles was a dealer in sheep, who had wielded great power in Athens after the death of Pericles. Cynna and Salabaccha were two celebrated courtesans.
[87] Place of interment for those who died for the country.
[88] Seated on the banks for the rowers.
[89] Assassin of the tyrant Hippias, the son of Pisistratus. His memory was held in great honour at Athens.
[90] Driven out by the invasions of the Peloponnesians, the people of the outlying districts had been obliged to seek refuge within the walls of Athens, where they were lodged wherever they could find room.
[91] A verse borrowed from Euripides' lost play of 'Telephus.'
[92] Themistocles joined the Piraeus to Athens by the construction of the Long Walls.
[93] Which were caught off the Piraeus.
[94] Mitylené, chief city of the Island of Lesbos, rebelled against the Athenians and was retaken by Chares. By a popular decree the whole manhood of the town was to suffer death, but this decree was withdrawn the next day. Aristophanes insinuates that Cleon, bought over with Mitylenaean gold, brought about this change of opinion. On the contrary, Thucydides says that the decree was revoked in spite of Cleon's opposition.
[95] When bucklers were hung up as trophies, it was usual to detach the ring or brace, so as to render them useless for warlike purposes.