[194] A tragic poet, who was a leper; there is a play, of course, on the Lepreum.
[195] An allusion to Opuntius, who was one-eyed.
[196] The newly-married ate a sesame cake, decorated with garlands of myrtle, poppies, and mint.
[197] From [Greek: polein], to turn.
[198] The Greek words for pole and city ([Greek: polos] and [Greek: polis]) only differ by a single letter.
[199] Boeotia separated Attica from Phocis.
[200] He swears by the powers that are to him dreadful.
[201] As already stated, according to the legend, accepted by Aristophanes, it was Procné who was turned into the nightingale.
[202] The son of Tereus and Procné.
[203] An African bird, that comes to the southern countries of Europe, to Greece, Italy, and Spain; it is even seen in Provence.