The Complete Works of Lord Byron with a Biogr. and Critical Notice by J. W. Lake

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ... notes to the curse of minerva. Note i, page 80, line 4 That closed their murder'd sage's latest day! Socrates drank the hemlock a short time before sun-set (the hour of execution), notwithstanding the entreaties of his disciples to wait till the sun went down. Note 2, page 80, line 16. The queen of night asserts her silent reign, etc. The twilight in Greece is much shorter than in our country; the days in winter are longer, but in summer of less duration. Note 3, page 80, line 26. The gleaming turret of the gay kiosk, etc. The kiosk is a Turkish summer-house; the palm is without the present walls of Athens, not far from the temple of Theseus, between which and the tree the wall intervenes. Cephisus' stream is indeed scanty, and Ilissus has no stream at all. Note 4, page 82, line 19. These Cecrops placed, --this Pericles adorned--This is spoken of trio city in general, and not of the Acropolis in particular: the temple of Jupiter Olympius, by some supposed the Pantheon, was finished by Hadrian: sixteen columns are standing of the most beautiful marble and style of architecture. Note 5, page 82, line 24. The insulted wall sustains his hated name. It is related, by a late oriental traveller, that when the wholesale spoliator visited Athens, he caused his own name, with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved in the marble, at a very considerable elevation. Notwithstanding which precautions, some person, (doubtless inspired by the patron-goddess) has been at the pains to get himself raised up to the requisite height, and has obliterated the name of the laird, but left that of the lady untouched. The traveller in question..