[62] Augury: omen or sign.
[63] Libations: wine or liquor poured out on the ground or on a victim in honor of the gods.
[64] Bivouac (biv-wak'): an encampment without tents or shelter, or one in which the whole army is on guard against surprise; here, the former is probably meant.
[65] Sesame: an Eastern plant from whose seeds an oil is obtained, which is used for food and other purposes.
[66] Boreas: the god of the north wind.
[67] Demagogues: leaders of the people, popular orators. (The word now means those who mislead the people or who pretend to be interested in public affairs and reforms merely to gain their own ends.) In Greece these orators usually addressed assemblies or bodies of citizens who acted as judges.
[68] Judges (dicasts): these sometimes, as in the case of the trial of Socrates, numbered five and six hundred persons, who acted as judge and jury combined.
[69] Greaves: armor for the front of the lower part of the leg.
[70] Daric: a Persian gold coin worth about $5.00.
[71] Heraklês (Hercules): the exploits of this god in his numerous encounters with wild beasts and robbers led to his worship on perilous journeys.