[518] In 427 B.C.
[519] vv. 905 sqq.
[520] vv. 342-78.
[521] vv. 518-82.
[522] vv. 953-67.
[523] vv. 796 sq. provide an example:—
ἔκτεινε, τύμβου δ’, εἰ κτανεῖν ἐβούλετο,
οὐκ ἠξίωσεν, ἀλλ’ ἀφῆκε πόντιον.
[524] Note his absurd insistence (vv. 531-3) on his own trivial part in the sacrifice-scene.
[525] vv. 592-603 (the last line being an apology for the digression), 864-7.