[1530] The circumstances are differently narrated by Plutarch “On brotherly love,” and by Livy, xlii. c. 15 and 16.
[1531] Diegylis, king of the Cæni, a Thracian people, was the father-in-law of Prusias.
[1532] Aristonicus, brother of Attalus, and a natural son of Eumenes, for some time contended with the Romans for the possession of this inheritance; but finally he was vanquished and made prisoner by the consul Perperna, carried to Rome, and there died in prison. B. xiv. c. i. § 38.
[1533] ἐξέδρα The exhedra was that part of the building added to the portico, and, according to Vitruvius, when spacious it consisted of three parts, and was provided with seats. It probably here means a place for sitting and resting, protected by a covering supported by columns, so as to afford a view all round.
[1534] Pliny also places Macedonians, surnamed Cadueni, near Tmolus. B. v. c. 29.
[1535] Bouz-dagh.
[1536] Il. ii. 865.
[1537] Some pretended miracle relating probably to the baskets carried by the virgins on their heads at festivals.
[1538] Il. ii. 864.
[1539] B. ix.