requiretur, the question will be asked (emph.) primum: the corresponding particles ("secondly," etc.) are omitted; the next point begins at sect. 23. Ponto: the old kingdom of Colchis, the scene of Jason's adventures in winning the Golden Fleece, was on the eastern shore of the Euxine and formed a part of Mithridates' kingdom of Pontus. Medea: see Fig. 22 (from a wall-painting). quam praedicant, who, as they tell. (The usual sign of indir. disc. in English, that, cannot be used with a relative.) persequeretur, was likely to fallow. This is a subord. clause in indir. disc.; but, even if the story were being told in din disc. (without praedicant), we should still have persequeretur on the principle of informal indir. disc., expressing the thought of Medea: § 592, 3 (341, d), B. 323; G. 628; H. 649, I (528 I) H.-B. 509; this is shown by the use of se (not eam) in l.6. conlectio dispersa, the scattered gathering, the phrase vividly expresses the idea of his wandering about to pick them up. vim auri, etc.: the immense treasures which Mithridates had accumulated in his several fortresses came into the hands of Lucullus, —not money simply, but works of art, etc. quas et . . . et, equiv. to quas partim... partim. illum, hos, denote distance and nearness of time. Render in the pass. to keep the emphasis, the one was detained by, etc.
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