* Apotheosis. When we are reading Latin or Greek, this word ought to have the accent on the penultimate syllable; but in pronouncing English we should ac⚫ent the antepenultimate : Allots the prince of his celestial line An Apotheosis and rites divine.GARTH. Arbaces.-Lempriere, Gouldman, Gesner, and Littleton, accent this word on the first syllable, but Ainsworth and Holyoke on the second; and this is so much more agreeable to an English ear, that I should prefer it, though I have, out of respect to authorities, inserted the other, that the reader may choose which he pleases. Labbe has not got this word. + Arbela, the city of Assyria, where the decisive battle was fought between Alexander and Darius, and the city in Palestine of that name, have the accent on the penultimate, but Arbela, a town in Sicily, has the accent on the ante penultimate syllable. ‡ Archidamus.-Ainsworth, Gouldman, Littleton, and Holyoke, place the accent on the antepenultimate syllable of this word, but Lempriere and Labbe on the penultimate. I have followed Lempriere and Labbe, though, in my opinion, wrong: for as every word of this termination has the antepenultimate accent, as Polydamas, Theodamas, &c. I know not why this should be different. Though Labbe tells us, that the learned are of his opinion. * Areopagus.-Labbe tells us, that the penultimate syllable of this word is be→ yond all controversy short,―quidquid nonnulli in tantâ luce etiamnùm cæcutiant, Some of these blind men are, Gouldman, Holyoke, and Littleton ;--but Lem priere and Ainsworth, the best authorities, agree with Labbe. + Argives. I have observed a strong propensity in school-boys to pronounce the g in these words hard, as in the English word give. This is, undoubtedly, because their masters do so; and they will tell us, that the Greek gamma should always be pronounced hard in words from that language. What, then, must we alter that long catalogue of words where this letter occurs, as in Genesis, genius, Diogenes, Egyptus, &c. ?—The question answers itself, *Arsaces.-Gouldman, Lempriere, Holyoke, and Labbe, accent this word on the first syllable, and unquestionably not without classical authority; but Ainsworth, and a still greater authority, general usage, has, in my opinion, determined the accent of this word on the second syllable. + Artemis.-The sisters to Apollo tune their voice, And Artemis to thee whom darts rejoice. Cook's Hesiod. Theog. v. 1 |