by the message of Antilochus and the lamentations of Achilles. 251 --_Far in the deep._ So Oce**** hears the lamentations of Prometheus, in the play of Ćschylus, and comes from the depths of the sea to comfort him. 252 Opuntia, a city of Locris. 253 Quintus Calaber, lib. v., has attempted to rival Homer in his description of the shield of the same hero. A few extracts from Mr. Dyce's version (Select Translations, p. 104, seq.) may here be introduced. "In the wide circle of the shield were seen Refulgent images of various forms, The work of Vulcan; who had there described The heaven, the ether, and the earth and sea, The winds, the clouds, the moon, the sun, apart In different stations; and you there might view The stars that gem the still-revolving heaven, And, under them, the vast expanse of air, In which, with outstretch'd wings, the long-beak'd bird Winnow'd