[Footnote9:Iliad。Delta。123。Howconcise—howjust—howbeautifulisthewholepicture!Iseetheattitudesofthearcher—Ihearthetwangingofthebow。]
[Footnote10:Thetextappearstoallowforthelargestvessels50，000medimni，or3000tons，sincethemedimnusweighed160
Roman，or120avoirdupois，pounds。Ihavegivenamorerationalinterpretation，bysupposingthattheAtticstyleofProcopiusconcealsthelegalandpopularmodius，asixthpartofthemedimnus，Hooper\'sAncientMeasures，p。152，&c。AcontraryandindeedastrangermistakehascreptintoanorationofDinarchus，contraDemosthenem，inReiskeOrator。Graectomiv。P。ii。p。
34。Byreducingthenumberofshipsfrom500to50，andtranslatingbymines，orpounds，Cousinhasgenerouslyallowed500tonsforthewholeoftheImperialfleet!Didheneverthink?]
IntheseventhyearofthereignofJustinian，andaboutthetimeofthesummersolstice，thewholefleetofsixhundredshipswasrangedinmartialpompbeforethegardensofthepalace。Thepatriarchpronouncedhisbenediction，theemperorsignifiedhislastcommands，thegeneral\'strumpetgavethesignalofdeparture，andeveryheart，accordingtoitsfearsorwishes，explored，withanxiouscuriosity，theomensofmisfortuneandsuccess。ThefirsthaltwasmadeatPerinthusorHeraclea，whereBelisariuswaitedfivedaystoreceivesomeThracianhorses，amilitarygiftofhissovereign。FromthencethefleetpursuedtheircoursethroughthemidstofthePropontis；butastheystruggledtopasstheStraitsoftheHellespont，anunfavorablewinddetainedthemfourdaysatAbydus，wherethegeneralexhibitedamemorablelessonoffirmnessandseverity。TwooftheHuns，whoinadrunkenquarrelhadslainoneoftheirfellow—soldiers，wereinstantlyshowntothearmysuspendedonaloftygibbet。Thenationaldignitywasresentedbytheircountrymen，whodisclaimedtheservilelawsoftheempire，andassertedthefreeprivilegeofScythia，whereasmallfinewasallowedtoexpiatethehastysalliesofintemperanceandanger。