FINIS LIBRI UNDECIMI HOM. ODYSS.

[1] They mourned the event before they knew it.

[2] _Misenus apud Virgilium, ingenti mole, etc._

[3] Men that never eat salt with their food.

[4] _Γήπᾳ ὑπὸ λιπαρῳ̑._ Which all translate _senectute sub molli._ The

epithet _λιπαρῳ̑;_ not of _λιπαρὸς,_ viz, _pinguis,_ or _λιπαρω̑ς,

pinguiter,_ but _λιπαρω̑ς_ signifying _flagitanter orando._ To which

pious age is ever altogether addicted.

[5] Amphiaraus was her husband, whom she betrayed to his ruin at

Thebes, for gold taken of Adrastus her brother.

[6] _Venustè et salsè dictum._

[7] This advice he followed at his coming home.

[8] This place (and a number more) is most miserably mistaken by all

translators and commentors.

[9] The horse abovesaid.

[10] Ajax the son of Telamon.

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