[62] Meaning, the mere beginnings of any matter.
[63] This 'figure of love'—woman atop of the man—is known in Greek as [Greek: hippos] (Latin equus, 'the horse'); note the play upon words with the name Hippias.
[64] A tragic poet, who was a great lover of good cheer, it appears.
[65] Old men, who carried olive branches in the processions of the Panathenaea. Those whose great age or infirmity forbade their being used for any other purpose were thus employed.
[66] An obscene pun. [Greek: Choiros] means both a sow and the female organ.
[67] A celebrated actor.
[68] There were two tragedies named 'Niobé,' one by Aeschylus and the other by Sophocles, both now lost.
[69] A double strap, which flute-players applied to their lips and was said to give softness to the tones.
[70] The shell was fixed over the seal to protect it.
[71] A calumniator and a traitor (see 'The Acharnians').