1728 (return) [ Apollonius ‘the Crabbed’ was a grammarian of Alexandria
under Hadrian. He wrote largely on Grammar and Syntax.]
1729 (return) [ 275-195 (?) B.C., mathematician, astronomer, scholar,
and head of the Library of Alexandria.]
1730 (return) [ Of Cyme. He wrote a universal history covering the
period between the Dorian Migration and 340 B.C.]
1731 (return) [ _i.e._ the nomad Scythians, who are described by
Herodotus as feeding on mares’ milk and living in caravans.]
1732 (return) [ The restorations are mainly those adopted or suggested
in “Ox. Pap.” pt. xi. pp. 48 ff.: for those of ll. 8-14 see “Class.
Quart.” x. (1916) pp. 67-69.]
1733 (return) [ _i.e._ those who seek to outwit the oracle, or to ask
of it more than they ought, will be deceived by it and be led to ruin:
cp. _Hymn to Hermes_, 541 ff.]
1734 (return) [ Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas, who were amongst the
Argonauts, delivered Phineus from the Harpies. The Strophades (‘Islands
of Turning’) are here supposed to have been so called because the sons
of Boreas were there turned back by Iris from pursuing the Harpies.]