Αὐλησεῦντι δέ μοι δύο ποιμένες· εἷς μὲν Αχαρνεύς,
Εἷς δὲ Λυκωπίτας· ὁ δὲ Τίτυρος ἐγγύθεν ἀσεῖ,
Ως ποκα τᾶς ξενέας ἠράσσατο Δάφνις ὁ βώτας,
Χως ὄρος ἀμφεπολεῖτο, καὶ ὡς δρύες αὐτὸν ἐθρήνουν,
Ἱμέρα αἵτε φύοντι παρ' ὄχθαισιν ποταμοῖο·

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Εἶτε χιών ὥς τις κατετάκετο μακρὸν ὑφ ̓ Αἷμον,
Η Αθω, ἢ Ροδόπαν, ἢ Καύκασον ἐσχατόεντα.
̓Αισεῖ δ ̓, ὡς ποκ ̓ ἔδεκτο τὸν αἰπόλον εὐρέα λάρναξ
Ζωὸν ἐόντα, κακῆσιν ἀτασθαλίησιν ἄνακτος·
Ως τέ νιν αἱ σιμαὶ λειμωνόθε φέρβον ἰοῖσαι
Κέδρον ἐς ἁδεῖαν μαλακοῖς ἄνθεσσι μέλισσαι·
Οἵνεκά οἱ γλυκὺ Μοῖσα κατὰ στόματος χέε νέκταρ.
Ω μακαριστὲ Κομάτα, τὸ τὴν τάδε τερπνὰ πεπόνθης,
Καὶ τὸ κατεκλάσθης ἐς λάρνακα, καὶ τὺ, μελισσᾶν
Κηρία φερόμενος, ἔτος ὥριον ἐξεπόνασας.
Αἴθ ̓ ἐπ ̓ ἐμεῦ ζωοῖς ἐναρίθμιος ὠφελες ἦμεν,

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71. Αὐλησεῦντι. Virgil, Ecl. v. 72. "Cantabunt mihi Damoetas et Lyctius Agon.” — 73. Ξενέας. This is generally supposed to be a proper name. Heinsius, however, shows it to be only an appellative noun, signifying a certain damsel. So ξένος ̓Αθηναῖος signifes a certain Athenian. Buttmann conjectured 'Exévas. The nymph loved by Daphnis was named Echenais.

74. Καὶ ὡς δρύες. Virgil, Ecl. x. 13. "lum etiam lauri, illum etiam flevere myricæ.” — 75. Ἱμέρα. Comp. v. 124. - 76. Εἶτε χιών ὥς τις. When like any snow, &c. Comp. Callimachus, Hym. Cer. vs. 92. - 77. Ἢ Αθω, Virgil, Eel, viii. 44. " Aut Tmarus, aut Rhodope, aut extremi Garamantes." Georg. i. 332. " Aut Atho, aut Rhodopen, aut alta Ceraunia.”

79. Κακαῖσιν. By the wanton cruelty of his master. Palmerius, Exerc. P.801. thinks the confining of Comates in a chest alludes to the condemnation

of Philoxenus the lyrie poet, to a dungeon, by Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily. See Meursius on Lycophr. vs. 239.

80. Ως τέ νιν αἱ σιμαί. And how the flat-nosed bees, coming to the sweet cedar, fed him with soft flowers from the meadow. 81. Κέδρον. The chest, which was made of this wood.

83. Τὺ πήν. Thou truly. Portus explains τὴν by the Latin “ diu.” ΠΕ πόνθης he translates « fruitus es;” Kiessling renders it "expertus es."→ 85. Ἔτος ὥριον, Thou didst spend a pleasant time. Comp. vs. 62. Homer, Il. Λ. 691. Some translate ἔτος ὥριον, a whole spring; others think it signifies a summer.

Heinsius renders it 4. ver et æstatem." Comp. Zeune on Viger, p. 162. and Schafer on Bos, Ellips. p.577. For ἐξεπόνασας in the sense of ἐξετέλεσας, see the commentators on Euripides, Phoen. 1662.

86. Αἴθ ̓ ἐπ' ἐμεῦ. Constr. εἴθ ̓ ὤφε λες εἶναι ἐναρίθμιος ζωοῖς ἐπ ̓ ἐμοῦ, Oh!

Ως τοι ἐγὼν ἐνόμευον ἀν' ὤρεα τὰς καλὰς αἶγας,
Φωνᾶς εἰσαίων· τὸ δ' ὑπὸ δρυσὶν ἢ ὑπὸ πεύκαις
Αδὺ μελισδόμενος κατακέκλισο, θεῖε Κομᾶτα.

Χω μὲν τόσσ ̓ εἰπὼν ἀπεπαύσατο· τὸν δὲ μέτ ̓ αὖθις 90 Κἠγων τοῖ ἐφάμαν Λυκίδα φίλε, πολλὰ μὲν ἄλλα Νύμφαι κἐμὲ δίδαξαν ἀν' ὤρεα βωκολέοντα

Ἐσθλὰ, τά που καὶ Ζανὸς ἐπὶ θρόνον ἄγαγε φάμα·
̓Αλλὰ τόγ' ἐκ πάντων μέγ ̓ ὑπείροχον, ᾧ τυ γεραίρεν
̓Αρξεῦμα· ἀλλ ̓ ὑπάκοισον, ἐπεὶ φίλος ἔπλεο Μοίσαις. 95
Σιμιχίδα μὲν Ἔρωτες ἐπέπταρον· ἦ γὰρ ὁ δειλὸς
Τόσσον ἐρῇ Μυρτοῦς, ὅσον εἴαρος αἶγες ἔρανται.
Ὥρατος δ ̓, ὁ τὰ πάντα φιλαίτατος ἀνέρι τήνῳ,
Παιδὸς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοισιν ἔχει πόθον. οἶδεν Αριστις,
Εσθλὸς ἀνὴρ, μέγ' ἄριστος, ὃν οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸς ἀείδεν 100
Φοῖβος σὺν φόρμιγγι παρὰ τριπόδεσσι μεγαίροι,
Ὡς ἐκ παιδὸς Αρατος ὑπ ̓ ὀστέον αἴθετ ̓ ἔρωτι.

that thou wert numbered with the living in my days! Comp. Aristoph. Acharn. vs. 210. Virgil, Ecl. x. 35. “Atque utinam ex vobis unus, vestrique fuissem Aut custos gregis, aut maturæ vinitor uv!”88. Φωνᾶς εἰσαίων. Supply σᾶς: Listening to thy voice.

90. Τὸν δὲ μέτ' αὖθις. After him in turn. For this anastrophe together with the interposition of the particle dè, see Hermann de Emend. Rat. Gr. Gr. Ρ. 107. 93. Τά που καὶ Ζανός. Α kind of proverbial expression, used in speaking of exquisite poetry, &c. Vir gil, Ecl. iii. 73. “ Partem aliquam, venti, Divum referatis ad aures. Comp. Ecl. v. 73. 94. Ωι τυ γεραί

ρεν.
With which I will begin to honour
thee. Comp. i. 56. The verb γεραί-
ρειν is used in the same sense by Ho-
mer, Il. H. 321.95. Επλεο. Doric
and Ion. for ἔπλου, and this by syncope
for ἐπέλου, imperfect of the poetical
verb πέλομαι, I am.

96. Ἐπέπταρον. Sneezing was some times accounted a lucky omen, as here, and in Idyl xviii. 16. Compare a lovely little poem of Catullus, de Acme et Septimio, the forty-fifth in Doering's edition, part of which stands thus in Dr. Nott's spirited translation of that poet :

«The God of Love, at length content,
Drew forth his golden dart;
And sneezing, from the right, consent,
It sunk in Acme's heart."
Thus Propertius, ii. 3. 23.
"Num
tibi nascenti primis, mea vita, diebus
Aureus argutum sternuit omen Amor.”
Add Homer, Odyss. P. 545. and Bur-
mann on Ovid, Heroid. xix. 151.

98. Τὰ πάντα. In every respect. Ανέρι τήνῳ. For ἐμοί. 99. Παιδός. This depends on πόθον : 1s possessed with a passion for a certain damsel. ̓́Αριστις. A person of this name is mentioned by Suidas as one of the disciples of Aristarchus.

Τάν μοι, Πν, Ομόλας ἐρατὸν πέδον ὅστε λέλογχας, Ακλήταν τήνοιο φίλας ἐς χεῖρας ἐρείσαις.

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Κἢν μὲν ταῦθ ̓ ἕρδης, ὦ Παν φίλε, μή τί τυ παῖδες
Αρκαδικοὶ σκίλλαισιν ὑπὸ πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους
Τανίκα μαστίσδοιεν, ὅτε κρέα τυτθὰ παρείη·
Εἰ δ ̓ ἄλλως νεύσαις, κατὰ μὲν χρόα πάντ ̓ ὀνύχεσσι
Δακνόμενος κνάσαιο, καὶ ἐν κνίδαισι καθεύδοις.
Εἴης δ ̓ Ἠδωνῶν μὲν ἐν ὤρεσι χείματι μέσσῳ
Εβρον πὰρ ποταμὸν τετραμμένος ἐγγύθεν ἄρκτου,
Ἐν δὲ θέρει πυμάτοισι παρ' Αἰθιόπεσσι νομεύοις,
Πέτρα ὑπὸ Βλεμύων, ὅθεν οὐκέτι Νεῖλος ὁρατός.
Μηκέτι τοι φρουρέωμες ἐπὶ προθύροισιν, "Αρατε,
Μηδὲ πόδας τρίβωμες· ὁ δ ̓ ὄρθριος ἄλλον ἀλέκτωρ
Κοκκύσδων νάρκαισιν ἀνιηραῖσι διδοίη·

103. Ομόλας. Homole was a moun-tius, Theb. v. 78. They are put here tain of Thessaly, near Othrys, the seat of the Centaurs. Comp. Virgil, Æn. vii. 674. 104. Ακλήταν. I. e. coming of her own accord.

106. Μή τί τυ παῖδες. This alludes to a festival of Pan, which was celebrated in Arcadia, the favorite retreat of that God. At this festival, the Aro cadian youth, if they missed their prey in hunting, used to beat the statue of Pan, whom they considered the president of their sports, with squills, or sea onions. See Spanheim on Callimachus, ii. p. 520.

x. 65.

109. Εἰ δ ̓ ἄλλως νεύσαις. "Sin vero alio inclinaveris." Valcken. i. e. if you do not grant my request. — 110, Κνάσαιο. Comp. iii. 29. v. 122. 111. Εἴης δ' Ηδωνῶν. Virgil, Ecl. « Nec si frigoribus mediis Hebrumque bibamus, Sithoniasque nives hyemis subeamus aquosæ : Nec si cum moriens alta liber aret in ulmo, Æthiopum versemus oves sub sidere Cancri" The Edoni were a people of Thrace near the Strymon. Comp. Apollodor. iii. 5. and Barthius on Sta

for the Thracians in general. — 12. "E6pov. The Hebrus, now called Marissa, is the largest and broadest river in Thrace. Πὰρ is Doric for παρά Comp. i. 33.— Τετραμμένος ἐγγύθεν. The same as τετραμμένος πρὸς ἄρκτον,

conversus ad arcton.” So κεκλιμέ vos, or κλιθείς ἄρκτῳ. See Musgrave on Sophocles, Trach. 101. — 114. Βλεμύων. The Blemyes were a people of the remotest part of Ethiopia. Comp. Mela, i. 4. Cellarius, iii. 8. 16.

122. Μηκέτι τοι. Horace, Od. iii, 10. 19. “Non hoc semper erit liminis aut aquæ Coelestis patiens. Comp. Propert. i. 16. 23. seqq.-123. "Op θριος. The same as ὀρθρινός. Comp. Aristoph. Eccl. 741. — 124. Νάρκαισιν. Some render this torpidity; others drousiness. Toup by νάρκαὶ ἀνιηραὶ understands the morning cold, which is generally more intense at the dawn. Horace, Sat. ii. 6. 45. "Matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent." The passage is thus translated by Polwhele: "Then, dear Aratus! let us watch no more, Nor wear, with nightly

Εἷς δ ̓ ἐπὶ τᾶσδε, φέριστε, Μόλων ἄγχοιτο παλαίστρας Αμμιν δ' άσυχία τε μέλοι, γραία τε παρείη,

*Ατις ἐπιφθύσδοισα τὰ μὴ καλὰ νόσφιν ἐρύκοι.

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Τόσσ ̓ ἐφάμαν· ὁ δέ μοι τὸ λαγωβόλον, ἡδὺ γελάξας,

Ὡς πάρος, ἐκ Μοισᾶν ξεινήϊον ὤπασεν ἦμες.

Χω μὲν ἀποκλίνας ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ, τὰν ἐπὶ Πύξας 130
Εἶρφ ̓ ὁδόν· αὐτὰρ ἐγών τε καὶ Εὔκριτος ἐς Φρασιδάμω
Στραφθέντες, χω καλὸς ̓Αμύντιχος, ἔν τε βαθείαις
Αδείας σχίνοιο χαμευνίσιν ἐκλίνθημες,
Ἔν τε νεοτμάτοισι γεγαθότες οἰναρέοισι.
Πολλαὶ δ ̓ ἄμμιν ὑπερθε κατὰ κρατὸς δονέοντο
Αἴγειροι πτελέαι τε· τὸ δ' ἐγγύθεν ἱερὸν ὕδωρ
Νυμφᾶν ἐξ ἄντροιο κατειβόμενον κελάρυσδε.
Τοὶ δὲ ποτὶ σκιεραῖς ὀροδαμνίσιν αἰθαλίωνες
Τέττιγες λαλαγεῦντες ἔχον πόνον· ὁ δ ̓ ὀλολυγών

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toil, the bolted door! Some other, as the morn begins to peep, May the cock's clarion give to broken sleep! His limbs in listless languor may he stretch, And, so we rest, a halter end the wretch!"

125. Εἷς δ ̓ ἐπὶ τᾶσδε. With such toil may the wretch Molon alone be tortured. Παλαίστρα is put figuratively for the toil, fatigue, and anxiety that lovers have to endure in such situation. - 127. Ατις ἐπιφθύσδοισα. Comp.ii. 62. vi. 39. Tibullus, i. 2.53. "Hæc mihi composuit cantus, queis fallere posses: Ter cane, ter dictis despue carminibus.” Comp. Griffiths on Æschylus, P. V. 1070,

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128. Τὸ λαγωβόλον. Comp. iv. 49. 129. Ξεινήϊον. Comp. Homer, 11. Ζ. 218. — Ωπασεν ήμες, Comp. ii. 41. The infinitive here is redundant, as in Lucian's Dialogue of Apollo and Vulcan : Ἐγὼ ἐκείνην ἔδωκα αὐτῷ παίγνιον εἶναι. Comp. Viger, v. § 6.

10.

130, Πύξας, This is supposed to be

a city in the island of Cos, where there was a temple to Apollo.-131. Elpo' ὁδόν. Hastened on the way, &c. — Es Φρασιδάμω. Το the dwelling of Phrasidamus. 132. Εν τε βαθείαις. On high couches of sweet-smelling lentisk, Comp. vs. 67.

135. Υπερθε κατά. From above over our head. Comp. Homer, Il. Ε. 659. Matth. Gr. Gr. § 581. 3. - 136. ΑΙ. γειροι. Αἴγειρος is the black poplar. See Spanheim on Callimachus, H. C. vs. 38. 137. Κελάρυσδε. Murmured. This verb is properly applied to water descending from an eminence, or rolling over rocks ; κελαδειν to rivers flowing with a gentle murmuring.

138. Τοὶ δὲ ποτί. Comp. i. 80. Αἰθαλίωνες, Summer-loving. So Finkenstein, sommerlustig; so also the Scholiast, τοῦ ἡλίου χαίροντες. Some translate it ash-coloured, others dusky. • 139. Τέττιγες. Balm-crickets. Τέτο τιξ is often translated grasshopper ; but incorrectly. The balm-cricket is a larger insect than the grasshopper, and

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Τηλόθεν ἐν πυκινῇσι βάτων τρύζεσκεν ἀκάνθαις. 140
*Αειδον κόρυδοι καὶ ἀκανθίδες, ἔστενε τρυγών·
Πωτῶντο ξουθαὶ περὶ πίδακας ἀμφὶ μέλισσαι.
Πάντ ̓ ὦσδεν θέρεος μάλα πίονος, σδε δ ̓ ὀπώρας.
Ὄχναι μὲν πὰρ ποσσὶ, παρὰ πλευρῇσι δὲ μᾶλα
Δαψιλέως ἄμμιν ἐκυλίνδετο· τοὶ δ ̓ ἐκέχυντο
Ὅρπακες βραβύλοισι καταβρίθοντες ἔρασδε·
Τετράενες δὲ πίθων ἀπελύετο κρατὸς ἄλειφαρ.
Νύμφαι Κασταλίδες Παρνάσιον αἶπος ἔχοισαι,
*Αρά γέ πα τοιόνδε Φόλω κατὰ λάϊνον ἄντρον
Κρητῆρ' Ἡρακλῆς γέρων ἐστάσατο Χείρων;

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makes a far greater noise. Its body is of a dark green colour; it sits upon trees, and begins its song as soon as the sun grows hot. Its wings are beautifully streaked with the colour of silver, and marked with brown spots. The outer wings are twice as long as the inner, and more variegated. Έχον πόνον. Kept up a contention. ὀλολυγών. The thrush. So Bindemann, Drossel. Vossius translates it Käuslein," the owlet: Polwhele makes it the woodlark. — 141. Κόρυδοι. Crested larks. Comp. vs. 23. — Ακαν θίδες. Goldfinches. So Kiessling who Tenders it Stieglitz, Distelfink, Goldfink; all which terms are synonymous. Ἔστενε τρυγών. Virgil, Ecl. i. 59. "Nec gemere aëria cessabit turtur ab ulmo."

143. Πάντ ̓ ὦσδεν. Virgil, Georg. ii. 5. “ Tuis hic omnia plena Muneribus ; tibi pampineo gravidus auctumno Floret ager, spumat plenis vindemia labris.” -Οπώρας. The orthography of this word plainly shows that it is derived by grammarians from wrong primitives. Had it been derived from ὥρα, the first consonant would have been a p, and not a π. Would it not be preferable to derive it from ὁποῦ ὤρα, the care of the vintage?

144. Ὄχναι μέν. Virgil, Ecl. vii.

Deprome quadrimum Sabina, Ο Thaliarche, merum diota.” -Απελύετο. Horace, Od. iii. 8. 9. "Hic dies anno redeunte festus Corticem astrictum pice demovebit Amphora, fumum bibere institutæ Consule Tullo." Wine-vessels were usually sealed up with a mixture of pitch and vine-ashes ; and previously to depositing them in the apotheca, a mark was added denoting the vintage. The wine mentioned in the latter quotation appears to have been forty-six years old.

148. Νύμφαι Κασταλίδες. Harles calls this "a poetical and beautiful digression.” 149. Αρά γέ πα. Did he ever, &c. Comp.iv. 3. Φόλω. Ιη the stony cave of Pholus, i. e. in the cave of the Centaurs. Comp. Apollod. ii. 5. 4. and Orpheus, Arg. 375. 419. where the hospitality of Pholus is described. Juvenal seems to allude to this passage, Sat. xii. 44. "Cratera capacem, Et dignum sitiente Pholo." This Centaur is said to have produced