ΝΟΜΕΥΣ, Ἢ ΒΟΥΚΟΛΟΙ,

ΕΙΔΥΛΛΙΟΝ Θ'.

ΔΑΦΝΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΝΑΛΚΑΣ,

Βωκολιάσδεο, Δάφνι· τὸ δ ̓ ῳδᾶς ἄρχεο πρᾶτος,
Ωιδᾶς ἄρχει πρᾶτος, ἐφεψάσθω δὲ Μενάλκας,
Μόσχως βωσὶν ὑφέντες, ὑπὸ στείραισι δὲ ταύρως·
Χοἱ μὲν ἁμᾶ βόσκοιντο, καὶ ἐν φύλλοισι πλανῷντο,
Μηδὲν ἀτιμαγελεῦντες· ἐμὶν δὲ τὸ βωκολιάσδευ
̓́Εμπροθεν· ἄλλοθε δ ̓ αὖθις ὑποκρίνοιτο Μενάλκας.

ΔΑΦΝΙΣ.

̔Αδὺ μὲν ἁ μόσχος γαρύεται, ἁδὺ δὲ χὰ βῶς,
̔Αδὺ δὲ χἁ σύριγξ, χω βωκόλος, ἁδὺ δὲ κἠγών.
Ἐντὶ δὲ μοι παρ ̓ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν στιβάς· ἐν δὲ νένασται

ΝΟΜΕΎΣ. THE SHEPHERD, or THE HERDSMEN. Daphnis and Menalcas are persuaded by a certain shepherd to try their skill in bucolic song. They sing but one strain each, and each receives a prize. The shepherd presents Daphnis with a beautiful club of exquisite shape, and Menalcas with a finely wreathed conch.

1. Τὺ δ ̓ ᾠδᾶς ἄρχεο. Virgil, Ecl. iv. 10. " Incipe, Mopse, prior.” Ecl. iii. 58. “ Incipe, Damoetas, tu deinde sequere, Menalca." 3. Ὑφέντες. Ὑφιέναι properly signifies to let under, as a suckling animal under its dam. Comp. iv. 4. In the next clause all the MSS. have ὑπὸ στείραισι, i. e. ὑφέντες στείραισι. Ὑφιέναι, however, will not convey the meaning intended

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here, without a transposition of cases ; as, ὑφιέναι στείρας ταύροις. Thus Longus, Past, iii. 21. Ὑποβάλλειν τὰς αἶγας τοῖς τράγοις. The Scholiast says ὑπὸ is put for ἐπί. Reiske, Warton, and Schæfer read ἐπί, 4. Apa. Doric for aua. Comp. x. 39.- Βύσκοιντο. Heinsius supplies εἶθε, -- 5. Μηδὲν ἀτιμαγελεῦντες. Not at all waitdering from the herd. ̓Ατιμαγελεῖν, ὡς its derivation shows, properly signifies to despise the herd. Comp. Aristct. Hist. Anim. vi. 18. ix. 3. - 6. Ἔμπροθεν. A poetical form for ἔμπροσθεν. ̓́Αλλοθε δ ̓ αὖθις, Then in turn.

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7. ̔Αδὺ μέν, Comp. viii. 77. ̔Αδὺ δὲ χἃ σύριγξ. Comp. viii. 78. seqq. Virgil, Ecl. iii. 82.

9. Ἐν δὲ νένασται, And in it are

Λευκᾶν ἐκ δαμαλᾶν καλὰ δέρματα, τάς μοι ἁπάσας 10
Λὶψ κόμαρον τρωγοίσας ἀπὸ σκοπιᾶς ἐτίναξε.
Τῶ δὲ θέρευς φρύγοντος ἐγὼ τόσσον μελεδαίνω,
Ὅσσον ἐρῶντε πατρὸς μύθων ἢ ματρὸς ἀκούειν.
Οὕτω Δάφνις ἄεισεν ἐμίν· οὕτω δὲ Μενάλκας.

ΜΕΝΑΛΚΑΣ.

Αἴτνα μᾶτερ ἐμὰ, κἠγὼ καλὸν ἄντρον ἐνοικέω
Κοίλαις ἐν πέτραισιν· ἔχω δέ τοι ὅσσ ̓ ἐν ὀνείρῳ
Φαίνονται, πολλὰς μὲν ὄϊς, πολλὰς δὲ χιμαίρας·
Ων μοι πρὸς κεφαλᾷ καὶ πὰρ ποσὶ κώεα κεῖνται.
Ἐν πυρὶ δὲ δρυΐνῳ χορία ζέει, ἐν πυρὶ δ ̓ αὖαι
Φαγοὶ χειμαίνοντος· ἔχω δέ τοι οὐδ ̓ ὅσον ὤραν
Χείματος, ἢ νωδὸς καρύων, ἀμύλοιο παρόντος.

12. Τῷ δὲ θέρευs. Comp. vss. 19, 20. - 13. Ερῶντε. “ Puer et puella.” Τoup. Winterton reads ἐρῶν τι, making τὶ the object of ἀκούειν, i. e. something admonitory. Kiessling conjectured ἐρῶν γε.

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14. Οὕτω Δάφνις. Virgil, Ecl. vii. Hos Corydon, illos referebat in ordine Thyrsis.”.

15. Αἴτνα μᾶτερ. Μᾶτερ here is a nominative. Menalcas calls Etna his mother, because it was the place of his birth. Thus Ida is called μητέρα θηρῶν in Homer, 11. Θ. 47.--16. Κοίλαις ἐν πέτραισιν. Polyphemus gives a ,similar description of his cave in Ovid, .Alet. xiii. 810. “ Sunt mihi pars montis vivo pendentia saxo Antra." 18. Ων μοι πρὸς κεφαλᾷ, Imitated from Euri

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pides, Cyel. vs. 328. Ὅταν δὲ βορέας χιόνα Θρηΐκιος χέῃ, Δοραῖσι θηρῶν σῶμα περιβαλὼν ἐμὸν, Καὶ πῦρ ̓ ἀναί θων, χιόνος οὐδέν μοι μέλει. 19. 'Ev πυρὶ δέ. Virgil, Ecl. vii. 49. “ Hic focus, et tædæ pingues: hic plurimus ignis Semper, et assidua postes fuligine nigri: Hic tantum Boreæ curamus frigora, quantum Aut numerum lupus, aut torrentia flumina ripas." - Ἐν πυρὶ δ ̓ αὖαι, Supply εἰσίν. The Latin translations explain χορία by "exta," entrails. Comp. x. 11. According to Hesychius it signifies a preparation of milk and honey.--20. Χειμαίνοντος. When the storm rages. See Duker on Thuc. viii. 6. and Matth. Gr. Gr. § 563. Grammarians usually supply χρόνου. See Schæfer on Bos, Ellips. p.549. - Οὐδ ̓ ὅσον. This is equivalent to the Latin “ ne tantillum quidem : ”And I have as little care for winter as a toothless man, &c. The Scholiast says: Οὐκ ἔχω δὲ μικρὰν φροντίδα χειμῶνος, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ νωδὸς ἀνὴρ καρύων, &c. For ἢ, Τoup conjectured fv, Casaubon and others ᾖ, “ quemadmodum.” -21. ̓Αμύλοιο. ̓́Αμυλος was a soft cake made of four, not prepared by a mill,

Τοῖς μὲν ἐπεπλατάγησα, καὶ αὐτίκα δῶρον ἔδωκα,
Δάφνιδι μὲν κορύναν, τάν μοι πατρὸς ἔτραφεν ἀγρὸς,
Αὐτοφυᾶ, τὰν οὐδ ̓ ἂν ἴσως μωμάσατο τέκτων·
Τήνῳ δὲ στρόμβω καλὸν ὄστρακον, οὗ κρέας· αὐτὸς 25
Σιτήθην, πέτραισιν ἐν Ἰκαρίαισι δοκεύσας,

Πέντε ταμὼν πέντ ̓ οὖσιν· ὁ δ ̓ ἐγκαναχήσατο κόχλῳ.
Βωκολικαὶ Μῶσαι, μάλα χαίρετε, φαίνετε δ ̓ ᾠδὰν,
Τάν ποκ ̓ ἐγὼ τήνοισι παρὼν ἄεισα νομεῦσι·
Μηκέτ ̓ ἐπὶ γλώσσας ἄκρας ὀλοφυγδόνα φύσης.
Τέττιξ μὲν τέττιγι φίλος, μύρμακι δὲ μύρμαξ,

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23. Κορύναν. Comp. vii. 19. 43. 24. Αὐτοφυᾶ. That is, shaped by nature, as being an entire plant. Warton and Harles extol with much praise the elegant simplicity in the description of these gifts. - 25. Στρόμβω. Στρόμβος properly signifies any body twisted round, or turned round, as a top ; here it signifies a conch, such as was formerly used as a trumpet: the “ Murex Tritonis” of Linnæus. - 26. Πέτραισιν ἐν Ικαρίαισι. On the Icarian rocks, i. e. on the rocky shore of the island Icaria, now Nicaria, one of the Sporades in the Agean sea. The Scholiast says: ἐν ταῖς πέτραις τοῦ Ικαρίου πελάγους. - Δοκεύσας. Δοκεύειν signifies to lie in wait for; here to surprise, take by surprise. — 27. Πέντε ταμών. Ι. e, εἰς πέντε μέρη ταμὼν ἀνθρώποις πέντε οὖσιν. See Schæfer on Bos, Ellips. p. 683. -- Ὁ δέ. Menalcas. He was so delighted with the gift, that he immediately sounded it, as he would a trumpet. The author's meaning is misrepresented by Fawkes.

28. Βωκολικαὶ Μῶσαι. All hail, bucolic Muses! An usual mode of in

vocation. Virgil, Ecl. vii. 21. “ Nymphæ, noster amor, Livethrides, aut mihi carmen, Quale meo Codro, con

cedite.” Comp. Callimachus, H. Cer. vs. 135. "The shepherd having praised and rewarded Daphnis and Menalcas for their singing, was desirous of letting them hear how he could sing himself: he therefore requests the Muses to bring to his memory the song he chanted to the four shepherds, who partook of the fish with him. This song begins at vs. 31. and ends with the Idyl." Edwards. Some give the remainder of the Idyl to Menaleas. 29. Τάν ποκ ̓ ἐγώ. Comp. i. 24. ii. 45. Meineke would prefer τὰν τόκ ̓ ἐγώ.

30. Μηκέτι. Never, as in Pindar, Olymp. i. 7. This verse is supposed not to belong to this place. It alludes to a superstitious opinion of the ancients, that a falsehood was sometimes followed by some such punishment, as a

blister on the tip of the tongue, or a pimple on the nose, &c. Vossius, who, for φύσῃς, reads φύσῃ, sc. ἡ ᾠδὴ, interprets it thus : Lest hereafter the song, as being badly repeated, should produce a pustule on the tip of my tongue. He adds, that superstition assigned this punishment for an unskilful recitation of verses,

31. Τέττιξ μὲν τέττιγι. . Thus Gregory Nazianzen: Πῶλοι μὲν πώλοισι φίλοι, ἔλαφοί τ ̓ ἐλάφοισι, Καὶ ψῆρες ψήρεσσιν, ἁγνῷ δέ τε τίμιος ἁγνός.

Ἵρηκες δ ̓ ἵρηξιν· ἐμὶν δ ̓ ἃ Μῶσα καὶ ᾠδά.
Τᾶς μοι πᾶς εἴη πλεῖος δόμος· οὔτε γὰρ ὕπνος,
Οὔτ ̓ ἔαρ ἐξαπίνας γλυκερώτερον, οὔτε μελίσσαις
*Ανθεα, ὅσσον ἐμὶν Μῶσαι φίλαι· οὓς γὰρ ὁρεῦντι 35
Γαθεῦσαι, τὼς δ ̓ οὔτι ποτῷ δαλήσατο Κίρκα,

Comp. Juvenal, xv. 159.-32. 'Eulv δ ̓ ἁ Μῶσα. Comp. Virgil, Georg. ii.

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33. Tâs μοι πᾶς. "Quo carmine mihi tota sit plena domus” Portus. "Hac (Musa) mihi," &c. Kiessling. Τἂν in place of τᾶς would have obviated the ambiguity. -- Οὔτε γὰρ ὕπνος.

Virgil, Ecl. v. 46. “ Tale tuum carmen nobis, divine poëta, Quale sopor fessis in gramine, quale per æstum Dulcis aquæ saliente sitim restinguere rivo.” Thus also Pope, Past. iii. 48. “ Not bubbling fountains,” &c. - 36. Δαλήσατο. Δηλεῖσθαι sonetimes signifiesto injure by philters. Comp. xv. 48.

'EPTATI'NAI, *H OEPIΣTAI'.

ΕΙΔΥΛΛΙΟΝ Ι,

ΜΙΛΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΤΤΟΣ,

Ἐργατίνα βουκαῖε, τί νῦν, ᾧ ̓ζυρὲ, πεπόνθης ; Οὔτε τὸν ὄγμον ἄγειν ὀρθὸν δύνᾳ, ὡς τοπρὶν ἆγες·