BOOK I.

HISTORY
OF THE
GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY,
WITH REFERENCE TO
PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

Tίς γὰρ ἀρχὰ δέξατο ναυτιλίας;
Τίς δὲ κίνδυνος κρατεροῖς ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἄλοις;
.  .  .  .  .  .  Ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐμβόλου
Κρέμασαν ἀγκύρας ὕπερθεν
Χρυσέαν χείρεσσι λαβὼν φιάλαν
Ἀρχὸς ἐν πρύμνᾳ πατέρ Οὐρανιδᾶν
Ἐγχεικέραυνον Ζῆνα, καὶ ὠκυπόρους
Κυμάτων ῥίπας, ἀνέμων τ’ ἐκάλει,
Νύκτας τε, καὶ πόντου κελεύθους,
Ἀματά τ’ εὔφρονα, καὶ
Φιλίαν νόστοιο μοῖραν.

Pindar. Pyth. iv. 124, 349.

Whence came their voyage? them what peril held
With adamantine rivets firmly bound?
*  *  *  *  *   *  *
But soon as on the vessel’s bow
The anchor was hung up,
Then took the Leader on the prow
In hands a golden cup,
And on great Father Jove did call,
And on the Winds and Waters all,
Swept by the hurrying blast;
And on the Nights, and Ocean Ways,
And on the fair auspicious Days,
And loved return at last.

BOOK I.