[Footnote9:IsocratesinPanegyrico，tom。i。p。116，117，edit。
Battie，Cantab。1729claimsforhisnativeAthensthegloryoffirstinstitutingandrecommending。TheexampleofthePanathenaeawasimitatedatDelphi；buttheOlympicgameswereignorantofamusicalcrown，tillitwasextortedbythevaintyrannyofNero，Sueton。inNerone，c。23；Philostrat。apudCasaubonadlocum；DionCassius，orXiphilin，l。lxiii。p。1032，1041。Potter\'sGreekAntiquities，vol。i。p。445，450。]
[Footnote10:TheCapitolinegamescertamenquinquenale，musicum，equestre，gymnicumwereinstitutedbyDomitianSueton。
c。4intheyearofChrist86，Censorin。deDieNatali，c。18，p。100，edit。Havercamp。andwerenotabolishedintheivthcentury，AusoniusdeProfessoribusBurdegal。V。Ifthecrownweregiventosuperiormerit，theexclusionofStatiusCapitolianostraeinficiatalyrae，Sylv。l。iii。v。31maydohonortothegamesoftheCapitol；buttheLatinpoetswholivedbeforeDomitianwerecrownedonlyinthepublicopinion。]
[Footnote11:PetrarchandthesenatorsofRomewereignorantthatthelaurelwasnottheCapitoline，buttheDelphiccrown，Plin。Hist。Naturp。39。Hist。CritiquedelaRepubliquedesLettres，tom。i。p。150—220。ThevictorsintheCapitolwerecrownedwithagarlandofoakeaves，Martial，l。iv。epigram54。]