AMITIÉ

Page 182. — z. Ni Achille ni Patrocle. Personages from Homer's Iliade famous for their friendship.

2. Oreste et Pylade. Personages from Racine's Andromaque, also famous for their friendship.

Page 184. — z. Cependant . . . chevaux: while the two horses. Cependant que is a poetical expression used for pendant que. It is to be found in the well-known fable of La Fontaine, Le Chêne et le Roseau.

' Cependant que mon front au Caucase pareil Brave l'effort de la tempête."

Page 185. — z. Il . . . merci : thus the amazon was in his Power.