BOOK I.. History

HISTORY OF THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY, WITH REFERENCE TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

Τίς γὰρ ἀρχὰ δέξατο ναυτιλίας; Τίς δὲ κίνδυνος κρατεροῖς ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἄλοις; . . . . . . Ἐπεὶ δ' ἐμβόλου Κρέμασαν ἀγκύρας ὕπερθεν Χρυσέαν χείρεσσι λαβὼν φιάλαν Ἀρχὸς ἐν πρύμνᾳ πατέρ Οὐρανιδᾶν Ἐγχεικέραυνον Ζῆνα, καὶ ὠκυπόρους Κυμάτων ῥίπας, ἀνέμων τ' ἐκάλει, Ἀματά τ' εὔφρονα, καὶ Φιλίαν νόστοιο μοῖραν. PINDAR. Pyth. iv. 124, 349.

Whence came their voyage? them what peril held With adamantine rivets firmly bound? * * * * * * But soon as on the vessel's bow The anchor was hung up, Then took the Leader on the prow In hands a golden cup, And on great Father Jove did call, And on the Winds and Waters all, Swept by the hurrying blast; And on the Nights, and Ocean Ways, And on the fair auspicious Days, And loved return at last.

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