[1725]. Cf. Hesiod. Opp. et Dies, 489.
[1726]. Lord Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 539.
[1727]. Much hay was laid up in Eubœa for consumption during the winter months.—Dion Chrysost. i. 225.
[1728]. Colum. ii. 19.
[1729]. Καὶ τὴν βοτάνην δὲ, τὴν μάλιστα τρέφουσαν τοὺς ἵππους ἀπὸ τοῦ πλεονάζειν ἐνταῦθα ἰδίως Μηνδικὴν καλοῦμεν. Strab. xi. 13. t. ii. p. 453.
[1730]. Pallad. v. 1. Schol. Aristoph. Eq. 604.
[1731]. Geop. ii. 25. Hesiod. Opp. et Dies, 383. xiv. cal. June. Cf. Plin. Hist. Nat. xviii. 69.
[1732]. Pallad. vii. 2.
[1733]. The custom with which the modern Greeks hail the approach of summer is picturesque and beautiful: “On the first of May at Athens, there is not a door that is not crowned with a garland, and the youths of both sexes, with the elasticity of spirits so characteristic of a Greek, forget or brave their Turkish masters, while with guitars in their hands, and crowns upon their heads,
‘They lead the dance in honour of the May.’”