Note 56 — ITALY. (continued 5)

There is probably some mistake here; for what was said on that occasion is, that Greece ought not to be deprived of one of its eyes. It was Gelon, who, using a similar metaphor, spoke of “the spring being taken out of Greece,” when he was invited to take part in the war against the Persians (Herod. vii. 162).—Ed.