As he has shown in his preface to the second edition of his Hecuba.
The German critic, Hermann, however, whom he makes to say, in his
notes on the Medea, "We Germans understand quantity better than the
English," accuses him of being more dictatorial than explanatory in
his metrical decisions. Upon this the professor fired the following
epigram at the German:--
[Greek: Nêi des esnte metrôn ô Teutones, ouch ho men, hos d' ou,
Pantes plên 'Ermannos, ho d' 'Ermannos sphodra Teutôn.]
The Germans in Greek,
Are sadly to seek;
Not five in five score,
But ninety-five more;
All, save only Hermann,
And Hermann's a German.