[71] Eum. 236-240, 276-286.

[72] Supra, p. [214]. It must be remembered that in strict law it was not possible to plead extenuation in cases of deliberate parent-slaying (Plato, Laws, ix. ch. 9). The command of Apollo, however, gives an extra-legal aspect to the story.

[73] Supra, p. [272 f.]

[74] See Classical Review, vol. xxi. p. 163 ff.

[75] Eum. p. 139.

[76] A.P. 119.

[77] Eum. 685.

[78] Introd. to Eum. p. 38.

[79] Eum. pp. 174-5.

[80] 1046 ff.