[172] I must refer to the commentators in general for an illustration of these striking passages.
[173] The ensign of military command in the Roman legions.
[174] This seems no improbable cause.
[175] Rev. xvi.
[176] Rev. xix.
[177] Ελικη γε μεν ανδρες Αχαιοι
Ειν αλι τεκμαιρονται, ινα χρη νηας αγινειν (Aratus).
[178] Samuel.
[179] The dawn of knowledge and the Reformation; ignorance only being the parent of superstition.
[180] The classical reader will remember the beautiful tragedy of "Ion" in Euripides, from whom were named the Ionian islands.
[181] A beautiful image from Ovid.