Scène I

S9 \%— Suça même . . .: Peleus, the fatherof Achilleus,

entrusted his son to Chiron, who educated and instructed him in the arts of riding, hunting, &c., and is said to hâve fed his pupil withthe hearts of lions and the marrow of bears.

89 26 — Aura pour elle impunément pâli ? This means, will

hâve feared for her life, and will not take revenge of those who threatened it. Impunément generally signifies without being punished, and hère Racine gives it the sensé of without punishing. Littré quotes a passage of Delille's translation of the -^neid, in which it is nsed in the same way : —

Ulyne impunément ne Tit i>a8 lear trépan.

40 1 — Croître is used hère in the active sensé of

accroître, to increase ; it is found in this sensé not unfrequently in poetry, and sometimes in an elevuted style of prose.

40 \Z—Le sang : The ties of blood, the feelings of a

father.

40 17 — Si je m* en eroyois : If I folio wed my own

desires, if I obeyed the passion that prompts me,

40 20— Que par un prompt avis ... : Que is used hère

in the sensé of the Lat. quin

40 21 —Ma prison : Hyperbole for captivité.

40 81 — Mes avis dangereux \ My dangerous promptings.

Regular construction : Et si mesavio dangereux fainoient à ma patrie mn sacrifice heur^ts de tout le camr

80 TPwioiwiv.

Paç0 41 ling S — Consultons des fureurs qu'autorisent le$ dieux : Let U8 foUow the dictâtes of a passion sanctioned by the gods.

SCENB II.

41 8 — Sa paresse : For son retard, sa l*ntew.