[161] Politicus ex rec. Bekk. II, 2, p. 283; Steph. 274.
[162] "Protag." I, 1, pp. 170-4; Steph. 320-3.
[163] I have just above translated Sitte with the word "custom," that is, ethical custom. But the contrast here is, I think, between morality generally (sittlich) and juridical right (Rechtliche).
[164] The argument of Hegel is ingenious. It must be admitted, however, that in several accounts of Prometheus, notably that of Aeschylus, Zeus is represented as hostile to human progress. And it is rather a strain on the facts to trace, in the case of Ceres, so much that is of an ethical colour to agriculture, and limit the use of fire simply to the crafts of Hephaestos, ignoring, that is to say, its domestic use altogether.
[165] Der Sittlichkeit.
[166] Gehaltvolle. That is, intrinsically sound and substantial.
[167] "Eum." vv. 206-9.
[168] Soph., "Ant." v. 451: ἡ ξὐνoικoς τῶν κάτω θεῶν Δἰκη.
[169] Umgestaltung. Remodelling, reorganization. Reformation in literal sense.
[170] Trübe. "Troubled" perhaps is better.