accustomed' or 'am accustomed,' _consueveram_ = 'I had become accustomed'
or 'was accustomed.'

11. sacrificio, 'for the sacrifice,' dative of purpose.

ea. Why is dies feminine here? See the note on _certam_, 5, 13.

12. omnia. See the note on 5, 13.

15. capitibus, dative of indirect object after the compound verb _(in +
pono)_.

16. iam. The omission of the conjunction that would naturally join this
clause with the preceding, and the repetition of _iam_, which thus in a
way connects the two clauses, reflect the imminence of the danger and
heighten our anxiety for the hero. Observe too how the tenses of the
verbs contribute to the vividness of the picture. We see Hercules at the
altar and the priest, knife in hand, about to give the fatal blow.

18. altero. Supply _ictu_.

19. Thebis, locative case. Notice that some names of towns are plural in
form.

21. Thebanis, dative with the adjective finitimi.

autem, 'now.'

22. Thebas. Names of towns are used without a preposition to express the
place to which.