[sect. 3]
ad tabernaculum eius: the Piraeus being in ruins (cf. Ep. LXXV. 4), travellers were obliged to camp in tents.
pauculos: Servius shows a fondness for the use of diminutives. Cf. muliercula, homunculus, and animula, Ep. LXXV.
metu: if a citizen was murdered by a slave, all the slaves of the household were liable to be put to death; cf. Tac. Ann. 14.42 Pedanium Secundum servus ipsius interfecit; [gap in text] ceterum cum vetere ex more familiam omnem, quae sub eodem tecto mansitaverat, ad supplicium agi oporteret, etc. Even when the murderer was not one of their number, the slaves had good reason to fear the severity of the law.
meis lecticariis: abl. of means.
pro ea copia, so far as the facilities (at Athens) allowed.
ut (darent): the position of ut in the middle of the clause lays emphasis upon the words which precede. Cf. Ep. XXX.1n .
quod [gap in text] dicerent: the subj., although not expressing a pretext but the real reason; cf. diceret, Ep. 1.3 n.
neque tamen, and after all [gap in text] not.
in quo vellemus gymnasio: there were three in Athens: Λύκειον, Κυνόσαργες, Ἀκαδημία.
orbi: locative.
iidem Athenienses: i.e. the same people who had declined to allow the ashes to be deposited within the city.
propinquitate: how Marcellus was related to Servius is unknown.
d. pr. K., etc.: cf. Intr. 62.