[34] Hermann and Dindorf correct Λοιδιαν from Herodot. vii. 127.
[35] The earth and buildings were supposed to shake at the presence of a deity. Cf. Callimach. Hymn. Apol. sub init. Virg. Æn. iii. 90; vi. 255. For the present instance Nonnus, 45. p. 751.
ηδη δ' αυτοελικτος εσειετο Πενθεος αυλη,
ακλινεων σφαιρηδον αναϊσσουσα θεμεθλων,
και πολεων δεδονητο θορων ενοσιχθονι παλμωι
πηματος εσσομενοιο προαγγελος.
[36] The madness of Ajax led to a similar delusion. Cf. Soph. Aj. 56 sqq.
[37] Compare a fragment of Didymus apud Macrob. Sat. v. 18, who states Αχελωον παν ‛υδωρ Ευριπιδης φησιν εν ‛Υψιπυληι. See also comm. on Virg. Georg. i. 9.
[38] The reader of Scott will call to mind the fine description of Ireton lunging at the air, in a paroxysm of fanatic raving. See "Woodstock." So also Orestes in Iph. Taur. 296 sqq.
[39] ανεισαν, solvuntur, liquescunt. BRODEUS.