[157] Cf. Shakspere, "Romeo and Juliet," A. ii. Sc. vi. 9-15.
[158] Herodotus, i. 8.
[159] An allusion to the well-known Fable of Æsop, No. 82 in Halm's edition.
[160] This comparison of the mirror is beautifully used by Keble in his "Christian Year:"
"Without a hope on earth to find A mirror in an answering mind." Wednesday before Easter.
[161] Does this throw light on Esther, i. 10-12?
[162] By their patronage.
[163] "Republic," v. p. 462, C.
[164] By the power of sympathy. This is especially true of eyes. Wyttenbach compares the Epigram in the Anthology, i. 46. 9. Καὶ γὰρ δέξιον ὄμμα κακούμενον ὄμματι λαίῳ Πολλάκι τοῦς ἰδίους ἀντιδίδωσι πόνους.
[165] Reading καλον with Hercher.