of the wild olive, of the apple tree, of parsley and of the fir tree. Not only the crown, but the remembrance of it perishes.
26. ’e yu) I for my part. — dvrug) so , as I said, ver. 23: comp. ovru, so, ver. 24. — ovx ddyjXug, not uncertainly , I know what I aim at, and how to aim at it. He who runs with a clear aim looks straight forward to the goal, and makes it his only object, he casts away every encumbrance, and is indifferent to what the standers bye say, and sometimes even a fall serves only to rouse him the more. — -ruxrsuw, I fight) Paul adds the pugilistic contest to the race, in preference to the other kinds of contest. — ug ovx at pa depuv, not as one heating the air) In the Sciamachia [sparring in the school for mere practice] which preceded the serious con- test, they were accustomed to beat the air ; comp, [ye shall speak to] the air , xiv. 9.
27. 'TVama^w) Eustathius says, vnum a (pats! rag rtepi roug o(f>6a Xfiovg rr\ir\y dg% e% u v ex /xipovg xaipiurdrov , xai ro wruviufyiv, xai ffu/jjarog vkukiu Gfiog fierapapixug, 6 xara (fvvr^iv.1 He at the same time shows, that rrp6<sxofi/jj a, applies to the foot, as Wwcr/ov to the head ; therefore compare ^oVxo//,//,a and runrovreg with weux&Zp, viii. 9, 12. — ro <su[ia, the body) A near antagonist, Pom. viii. 13 ; 1 Pet. ii. 11. — douXayuyu) I lay my hand upon my body, as on a slave , and restrain it ; comp, respecting a slave, Sir. xxxiii. 25. kw/ajM, as & pugilist, dovXayuyu, as a runner. The one word is put after the other ; the one denotes rather the act, the other the state ; the one is weightier than the other ; for at first greater austerity is necessary, till the body is sub- dued.— xqpv^ug) Knpvx&g were present at the games [who placed the crowns on the brows of the conquerors announcing their names. — Y. g.] — udoxi/juog, one rejected, cast away) Unworthy of a prize, of a crown. It is a word which was used in the public games.
1 Blows around the eyes are termed vtu^ioi ; from which, on account of it being a most tender [susceptible] part, we have both vku'kiu.^uv, and applied to the severe disciplining of the body metaphorically, viz., that disciplining which is in the way of mortification.