Book I. Throughout.

Book II. pp. 56, ll. 20, 21; 57, ll. 17, 22; 58, l. 3; 59, l. 26; 61, l. 18; 66, l. 12; 71, l. 9; 72, l. 22; 77, 1. 17; 98, l. 26; 101, l. 28.

Book III. pp. 120, ll. 8, 9 (four times); 121, ll. 11–20 (five times); 123, l. 28; 129, l. 3; 134, ll. 26, 28; 135, l. 1; 140, l. 29.

Book IV. pp. 176, ll. 6, 9; 184, l. 2; 186, l. 16.

Book V. pp. 195, l. 32; 196, l. 7; 198, l. 3; 199, l. 16; 202, l. 6; 205, l. 11; 206, l. 3; 211, ll. 14, 20.

Book VI. pp. 245, l. 28; 249, l. 10; 251, ll. 8, 9; 259, l. 7; 260, ll. 26, 29.

Book VII. throughout, with three exceptions, viz. pp. 277, l. 26; 279, l. 16; 281, l. 4.

In a few cases “air” occurs as a more explicit representation of a pronoun or an adjective which implies it: in these instances the context is generally a sufficient guide. Spiritus, too, has sometimes quite a different rendering, e.g. breath.

On pp. 111, 139, 152, “air” is used of a very slight breeze, the very gentlest breath of wind, and represents aura--a good illustration of the ambiguity of language.

QUOTATIONS

Seneca is fond of illustrating his subject by passages from the poets. His favourites are Virgil and Ovid, and only once does he quote Lucretius, whose work was much more analogous to his own. The quotations are apparently from memory and betray occasional inaccuracies, as even the best memories will.

The following is a list of the references:--