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[20] See Book VI. chap. xiii. near the end [Greek: sokrataes

aehen oun logous tas aretas oeto einai (epiotaemas gar einai

pasas)]

[21] Such as the noise, the rapid movements, and apparent

confusion which to an inexperienced eye and ear would be

alarming. So Livy says of the Gauls, v. 37, Nata in vanos

tumultus gens.

[22]In Coronea in Boeotia, on the occasion of the citadel being

betrayed to some Phocians. "The regulars" were Boeotian troops,

the [Greek: politika] Coroneans.

[23] By the difference of tense it seems Aristotle has mixed up

two things, beginning to speak of the particular instance, and

then carried into the general statement again. This it is scarce

worth while to imitate.

[24] The meaning of the phrase [Greek: kata sumbebaekos], as here

used, in given in the Seventh Book, chap. X. [Greek: ei gar tis

todi dia todi aireitai ae diokei, kath ahuto men touto diokei kai

aireitai, kata sumbebaekos de to proteron].

BOOK V