[34] Readers who wish to prosecute this subject further will find the best exposition of it in Prof. Smyly’s paper in the volume of Essays dedicated to Prof. Nicole of Geneva.
[35] Heron, περἰ Αὐτοματοποιητικῆς, caps. iii. and iv.
[36] See my Epoch of Irish History, last chapter.
[37] His theory is laid down in several now forgotten books brimful of learning. It is the theory of four fundamental harmonies, or elements, the relations of which produce in every body health and disease.
[38] πάρ γἀρ έμοἰ θάνατος,, said Agamemnon, according to the copy which Aristotle quotes.
[39] ἐπἰ ῤήτοις γέρασι πατριας βασιλείας (Pol.).
[40] Χρέων άποκόπη and γῆς ἀναδασμός
[41] The abortive attempt of Agis III. of Sparta only led to his own ruin.
[42] Centesimæ usuræ
[43] The phrase of “sound mind and deliberate intention” (Νοῶν καἰ φρονῶν) points to what is told repeatedly in the speeches of Isæus; on questions of disputed inheritances, even if a will were proved genuine and fully attested, it could be set aside if proof were given of undue influence, such as lunacy, the effects of a philtre, or the cozening of women, even the testator’s wife. The cases he argues might occur to-day, and be discussed in like manner.