373 ne . . . que. Cf. l. 13, N.
375 en. See App. V, ii. E.
382 Tout ce . . . de mystères is a construction framed on the analogy of genitives following adverbs of quantity.
386 fait and not faite. See App. III.
392 fuit is the present tense because qui le fuit is equivalent to an adjective.
404 The story is that, at the death of Gomates, the candidates to the throne of Persia, unable to settle their rival claims, agreed that he should be king whose horse should neigh first after sunrise, and that Darius won the crown through the wit of his servant who led a mare to the appointed spot in advance. See Herodotus, III. 85-86.
405 idée, by frequent metonymy for esprit.
406 Chaldaea was famous for its astronomers, who had fixed the duration of the year, were acquainted with the zodiac, and as early as the middle of the fourth century B.C., already possessed astronomical records extending over 1,900 years. They were also far-famed astrologers, and as such were in great demand as late as the last years of the Roman empire.
415 eut du ciel. Cf. Gray's Elegy: "He gained from heaven, 'twas all he asked," etc.
419 Striking witness is borne to Haman's high position by the flattery paid him by Hydaspes.