[300] A mina weighed 100 drachmæ, 15·2 oz.
[301] The Attic talent, which is probably meant, weighed about 57 lbs. avoird.
[302] This is the famous picture of Ialysus and his dog, spoken of by Cicero and Pliny, in which the foam on the dog’s mouth was made by a happy throw of the sponge, while the painter in vexation was wiping off his previous unsuccessful attempts. (Clough.)
[303] A nephew of Demosthenes.
[304] Meaning that Stratokles would be mad not to continue his flattery of Demetrius, because it was so profitable to himself.
[305] Hereditary chief minister in the mysteries.
[306] The minor rite. See Smith’s ‘Dict. of Antiq.’ s.v. ‘Eleusinia.’
[307] Lamia in Greek is the name of a fabulous monster, a bugbear to children.
[308] A much more decent version of this story will be found in Rabelais, book iii. ch. 37.
[309] The Thracian Chersonese.