[542] Or Heptaphonos. See Pausanias, v. 21.
[543] Some unknown poet's words. I suppose they mean driving one mad, making one "Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh."
[544] So our English proverb, "Empty vessels make the greatest sound."
[545] Literally in a semi-circular place. It is not quite clear whether the front seats of the theatre are meant, or, as I have taken it, more generally, of some public place for entertainment or meeting, some promenade or piazza.
[546] Reading ἀκοὔειν, which seems far the best reading.
[547] Homer, "Iliad," v. 226; "Odyssey," vi. 81.
[548] "Bacchæ," 385-387.
[549] See Ovid, "Tristia," iv. 4, 55-58.
[550] For example, Horace, "Epistles," i. 2, 62: "Ira furor brevis est" I read ὁμότοιχος with Mez.
[551] Homer, "Odyssey," xiv. 463-465.