19. Ille. See the note on 3, 16.

20. hoc modo, ablative of manner.

21. venit, dormiebat. The perfect simply expresses an action which took
place in past time, the imperfect tells of a state of things existing at
that past time.

25. fugit. When dum means 'while,' 'as,' it is followed by the present
indicative, even when used of past events.

26. fecit. Like _postquam_, ubi has the present or perfect indicative,
where English would use the pluperfect.

5. 2. illo tempore, ablative of time.

regnabat. Observe the force of the tense, and try to find the reason for
each change of tense in this paragraph.

Hic. This must here be translated simply 'he.' Compare the use of Ille,
3, 16.

4. veniebat. See the note on 4, 18.

6. omnium, 'of all men.' or 'of all.' The adjective is used as a noun, as
in the second of the English expressions.

oraculum. It was believed in antiquity that the will of the gods and a
knowledge of future events might be learned at certain shrines, of which
the most famous were those of Apollo at Delphi, of Zeus or Jupiter at