Pelusium in particular joining them. There are three comparisons beginning with 7de, /dot), idov (ver. 3, 4, 5). The third comparison lias its Protasis in the middle of ver. 5 : idov 6\/yov nup fauxi jv vXyv dvd-rrer the Apodosis begins at the beginning of ver. 6, and consists of two declarations, the former of which is as follows : xai 37 y\uc<sa rrup, 6 xoa/xog r/jg dhxiag (supply hriv) : the other is 37 yXuffffa xadiff- rarai ev ro7g /xi'kiCiv 7][JjUv 37 Grri\ovGa 0X01/ to ffu/joa. In this second declaration 37 y\u<roa, the tongue , is as it were the Subject, and is repeated a second time by way of Anaphora1 and emphasis, as far as the particle ovrug • the predicate is xadiararai — ro au/xa, in this easy sense ; the tongue is that which defiles the whole body. Between these two clauses ovrug seems to be out of place ; so far is the sense from being impaired by the removal of ovrug. This is followed by the explanation, inasmuch as being that which both inflames and is itself inflamed , etc.; where, by a metaphor from the universe (the macrocosm) to man (the microcosm), the wheel , or higher sphere (comp. Ps. lxxvii. 18), is man’s rational nature itself ; but hell is the lower part, the heart. The tongue , situated in the middle, is inflamed by the lower parts, and inflames the higher, being itself a world , or orb of iniquity. Thus I hope that those things which Wolf has remarked on this passage, will be explained; and I am quite willing that the things which I have said should be compared with the interpretation of Baumgarten. — xad'usrarui) The same word occurs ch. iv. 4. — gxiaovgu, defiling) as fire, by smoke. — xat <p\oy/- %ou<ra xai (pXoyi^oiMsvri) inasmuch as being that which both inflames and is inflamed. The passive is put after the active form ; for the man who sins with his tongue, departs more and more out of his own power.
7. Tap, for) Nothing is more violent than fire. — tpvaig Oripluv, the nature of beasts) A Periphrasis, for Oripiu, beasts. — da^d^irai xai dtdd/xa<srai , is tamed , in a passive sense ; and has been tamed [has suffered itself to be tamed], in a middle sense. — rr\ <pvoei [in obedience] to the nature of man) The dative case denotes the obedience of those things which are tamed.
8. O vdsig, dvOpunuv, no one of men) The antithesis is, of man ,
ver. 7. — ovdeig , no other; scarcely each individual himself. — dxa- rdaytrov xaxov) an unruly evil. Phocylides, Xaog roi xai vdup
xai rccp, axaraGyzra rrdvra. So tfDp, ver. 6. — ftiarri, full) The nominative, after the parenthesis, compared with ver. 6. Then
’ See Append. The frequent repetition of the same word in beginnings.