IV., i.

S28; op.cit.Vol.II.p.

44).] C2.4.Qy.

Were these tribal customs of the Persians, as doubtless of the Dorians, or is it all a Dorian idealisation?
C2.13.Good specimen of the "annotative" style with a parenthetic comment.

The passage in brackets might be a gloss, but is it?
C3.3.When did Xenophon himself first learn to ride?
Surely this is a boyish reminiscence, full of sympathy with boy-nature.
C3.12.Beautiful description of a child subject to his parents, growing in stature and favour with God and man.
C4.2.Perhaps his own grandson, Xenophon the son of Grylus, is the prototype, and Xenophon himself a sort of ancient Victor Hugo in this matter of fondness for children.
C4.3.Contrast Autolycus in the _Symposium_, who had, however, reached the more silent age [e.g.