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55 5— Principe : Hère, cause.

55 Io— Tu te feins criminel : " Aricie " being the sister

of the enemies of Theseus, and Theseus hàving condemned her never to marry, the loveof Hippolytus was, in his father's eyes, criminaL

56 5— Les colonnes d'Alcide : Mount Calpe (Gibraltar)

and Mount Abyla, on the African coast opposite, were called the columns of Hercules, from the fable that they were originally one mountain, torn asunder by Hercules.

56 10— Honore and applaudisse are in the subjunctive in obédience to the following rule : after the relatires qui, que, dont, où, the subjunctive must be used if uneertainty is implied, otherwise the indicative is required. Theseus does not know if Hippolytus will find friends such as he describes ; if he knew of any such and was referring his son to them, the indicative would be the proper mood.