Though dimm'd the outline now, not time o'erthrows
Th' unrivall❜d grace which in each fragment glows;
And Genius beaming through each ruin'd part,
Displays the glories of immortal Art,

With mingling beauties crown'd, the columns tower,
Ionia's graceful curve, and Corinth's flower,

And tapering as they rise aloft in air,

The sculptur'd frieze and votive tablet bear.

From o'er each column Fame exulting springs,

Seems stretch'd for flight, and waves her golden wings;

Yet linger not! within the circling space
The storied walls more radiant beauties grace,
In warlike pomp the triumph's rich array
Leaps from the living marble into day.
High on his car the victor borne along,
Hears with exulting heart th' applauding throng;
With sparkling eye surveys the sacred spoil,
And feels one hour o'erpay long years of toil.
Lo! Judah's swarthy sons before the car,
The wither'd remnant of disease and war!
Rebellious passions light their faded cheek,
And all the bitter pangs they dare not speak :
And shall these trophies from His temple torn,
The living God, some idol shrine adorn?
Shall we, shall Aaron's sons no more rejoice,
Nor breathe yon trump with Conquest's silver voice,
From Salem's holy mountain heard afar,
In days of festal gladness and of war?
Is then the seven-branch lustre sunk in night,
Which shed o'er Israel's fate mysterious light?
Or shall its golden lamps with heathen flame
Gleam as in scorn to point at Sion's shame?
Yes, it is quench'd! till Judah's captive maid
Wake from her woes beneath the palm-tree shade,
Recall her wandering sons, abjure her pride,
And bless the Anointed King she crucified!
Th' unfaded crown of David's glory claim,
Yon Arch o'erthrown, and Rome itself a name.

J. T. HOPE,

CHRIST CHURCH.

IN SENECAM TRAGICUM VARIE

LECTIONES.

Seneca Tragicus.

NOTE Ms. Casp. Barthii marginales in exemplari c. Scaligeri et Heinsii notis Lugd. B. 1611. 8. edito, quod possidet bibl. Vimari cap. 3. ducalis. Docta manus ibi folio vacuo ante editionis titulum ammotavit: "Notæ Mss. sunt Casp. Barthii: v. eas notas p. 119. p. 194. p. 206. p. 253. p. 499. Præterea eam fuisse formam litterarum, qua Barthius usus est, ex aliis ejus Mss. constat." Scripsit hæc M. Bartholomæus Christianus Richardus, qui, possessor libri, isti notæ suum nomen eadem manu scriptum subjecit. Cæterum nota, non omnes Barthii notas, sed potiores tantummodo hic transcriptas esse.

Hercules F.

Pag. 2, lin. 5. ferro minax] Fera coma 8 Msti Grut.

Thyestes.

Pag. 68, lin. 25. Sic lege: Immane regnum est, posse sine regno. Pl. pati Nec abnuendum est. Sententia utrobique acutissima et aptissima. Posse pro potentem esse, usitatum Lati

nitati legitimæ.

P. 95, 9. quid] L. quin.

Thebais.

Hippolytus.

P. 127, 27. L. Haud facile quisquam invita revocari potest. Quisquam invita apxaïoμòs, unde corruptio. Nam versus est in omnibus Mss. Gruteri, nisi quod in uno transpositus. P. 133, 1. levat] L. levat in.

Ibid. domat] L. doma.

P. 134, 19. luxus] L. lusus.

P. 143, 10. tantum] L. tanti.

P. 151, 3. parvis] Heins. patriis. L. pravis.

P. 155, 20. quid nescio] ita locandum,

P. 156, 1. spumat] H. [Heinsius?] spumas. Sed latet quid

aliud. L. spumans.

P. 160, 15. me] L. te.

Edipus.

P. 167, 12. flava] L. arva.
P. 169, 2. aptaret] L. captaret.

P. 182, 26. Sidus Arcadium] L. Arcadum sidus.

P. 198, 23. manu moestus] hoc est, mœstitiam manu indicans. Talem enim gestum manu fingebant veteres, ut eo viso omnes scirent, eos animo anxio esse. Cebes eum indicat expresse in tabula.

P. 203, 23. Te fatidice, te] L. Fatidice te, te.

Troas.

P. 206, 1. ult. Hecuba] glossema. Lege, prior ipsa vidi, vel aliud quid.

P. 207, 5. rumas] L. ruinas.

Ibid. eversa] L. eversas.

Medea.

Init. Puto hanc tragoediam Lucani esse.

P. 270, 24. imponit] L. impellit.

P. 271, 15. violente] L. violáve.

Vide vitam.

P. 272, 18. innumeras] L. immensas. Nam talis versus hic alius nusquam.

P. 273, 11—17. Hi versus spurii sunt, aut aliorsum pertinent. Nam hæc omnia acciderunt post tempus Medeæ, cujus ista est fabula. Vidit et Heinsius: sed perperam sex sequentes versus damnavit, qui continuant historiam Argonautarum.

P. 286, 15. Tam] Lege Ita. Ut scilicet te simul perimas. Ibid. 27. Per alta, etc.] Hic versus melius Medeæ datur. Hercules Etaus.

P. 340, 2. 3. quo nimis--ullos] Verba spuria.

P. 353, 9. quem gemis] L. quo gemis.

Octavia.

P. 399, 22. facili] L. fragili.

P. 400, 3. jugo omnes Mss. at Ald.

Ibid. 4. Ignota tantis] Sic Mss. Lips. conjicit ignota et auli. Sed leg. Latiis, vel Et Italis. Sed potius omnibus dixerit.

Pag. 424, 12. pari] L. patris.

Heinsii notis ad Herculem Etaum.

P. 551, 15. nos confligere certamen sine] L. nos confligere ardemus; sine.

P. 560, 11. sera] L. fœta.

Jena, mense April., 1823.

F. O.

NOTICE OF

OLYMPIA; or Topography illustrative of the actual State of the Plain of Olympia, and of the Ruins of the City of Elis. By JOHN SPENCER STANHOPE, F. R. S. and Correspondent of the Royal Institute of France. Folio. London, 1824. Rodwell and Martin.

SOME ingenious antiquaries and geographers having expressed their doubts respecting the existence of an ancient city at Olympia, that place where, during the course of eleven or twelve hundred years, were celebrated, at regular intervals, the most memorable games of Greece (whilst it was adorned with a magnificent temple and stupendous image of Jupiter), the French Institute (or Academy of Inscriptions and Beiles Lettres) made those doubts the subject of discussion, in 1818, and commissioned Mr. Stanhope (a corresponding member of that learned body, and then proceeding on his travels) to "examine the spot, with a view of ascertaining how far its actual state might warrant the conjecture, that an ancient city had formerly existed there."-" Other instructions," says our author, "I had received from individual members; but this coming from the Academy itself, necessarily became the first object of my researches." (P. 2.) We find him, accordingly, soon after, passing over from the island of Zante to Chiarenza, anciently Cyllene, on the coast of Peloponnesus, and not far from Elis, in company with his brother, Mr. Collingwood, and Mr. Allason, a young architect, so favorably known in consequence of his work on the Antiquities of Pola. Assisted by these gentlemen, and an English servant, Mr. Stanhope completed, within a fortnight, his researches on the plain of Olympia, having taken up his quarters in a pyrgo or tower at Miraka, a village situated immediately above that plain. To the researches made here, and subsequently at Elis, we are indebted for the very splendid and interesting work before us; a volume of large folio size, containing 67 pages of letter press, and seventeen plates. We do not hesitate to declare our opinion, that this magnificent publication reflects honor on the English press, from its typographical execution; and delights us by the beauty and excellence of its engravings, which have been, for the greater number, made from drawings by Dewint, after the original sketches taken by Mr. Allason, To

the lovers of picturesque scenery we particularly recommend the "Valley of Antilalo," the "Two Views on the Plains of Olympia," a "View embracing the supposed position of the Hippodrome," and a view showing "The Course of the Alpheus, as seen from the ruins of Palaio-Ecclesia." Besides these and other large engravings, are three most highly-finished and beautiful smaller views-one (of Chiarenza) prefixed as a frontispiece; another representing the Pyrgo or Tower at Miraka, before mentioned; and a third, the Mosque at Gastouni. There is also a plate exhibiting eighteen unpublished silver coins of Elis, preserved in the British Museum and in the late Mr. Payne Knight's collection; with a map of Elis (including Olympia), constructed by that accurate and classical geographer, Colonel Leake; and plans of different ruins, of the Olympian plain, and the site of Elis, from surveys made by Mr. Allason.

According to our ingenious author (p. 8), the plain, above which stands the village of Miraka, overlooking a small vale "beautifully ornamented by a variety of shrubs, and by a stream which flows through a steep and rocky bed to join the Alpheus," is indisputably the plain of Olympia: this identity has never been questioned: but, except some foundations and fragments of the Temple of Jupiter, the ruins found at this place are inconsiderable, and of brick, in that style generally ascribed to the Romans. Examining, however, the descriptions given by Strabo and Pausanias, Mr. Stanhope thinks that we may regard" the plain below Miraka as that in which were celebrated the Olympic games." (P. 10.)

Splendid as were all the public buildings at Olympia, the most interesting undoubtedly are those that were immediately connected with the Olympic games; and as such, the Hippodrome and Stadium naturally become the first object of the traveller's research Accordingly we find that the Count de Choiseul Gouffier addressed some years ago to the Third Class of the Institute of France a memoir, in which he declared, that the "Hippodrome, where such brilliant horse and chariot races were exhibited, had been discovered." An assertion so positive, by one who was then looked up to as an oracle on every point regarding Greece, was considered as decisive. Did I not, therefore, at once protest against that being admitted as a fact, which is in reality a mere hypothesis, I should appear too inattentive to the subject under discussion. (P. 11.)

He then lays before the reader M. Fauvel's account of Olympia, on which Count de Choiseul Gouffier founded his assertion: he also examines M. Pouqueville's description of the Olympian plain, and asserts his reasons for differing from those three accomplished antiquaries in their opinions respecting the Hippodrome, the Temple of Jupiter, of Juno, and other monuments. VOL. XXX. CI. JI. NO. LIX.

M