III. 636. — 68. Suorum. According to some of the legends, Orpheus had introduced the orgiastic worship of Bacchus into Thrace. — 69. Edonidas = Thracian; from the Edoni, or Edones, a people of Thrace, noted for their devotion to Bacchus. 70. Quae — nefas who saw (had seen) the impious deed. Several MSS. read fecere, which is preferred by some modern critics. Radice. Gr. 414 4. A. & S. 247. 3.—71. In-secuta = as far as each had pursued ; i. e. where each had halted in the pursuit of Orpheus. Some make it quotquot secutae sunt, as many as had pursued him. One editor frankly says that he does not understand the passage; and another shows that he does not by translating: (Füsse) womit eine jede ihm gefolgt war; i. e. with which (feet) each had followed him! — 72. Traxit lengthened. — 73. The prose order would be: et ut volucris, ubi crus suum laqueis, quos callidus auceps abdidit, commisit et teneri se sensit, plangitur, etc. Laqueis. Gr. 386. A. & S. 224. 75. Ac motu and fluttering tightens the cords by its motion; i. e. its efforts to escape. — 78. Exsultantem exsultare conantem. = –79. Sint. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. — 80. Adspicit — suras she sees wood take the place of her rounded limbs. 82. Fiunt. Gr. 462. 2. A. & S. 209, R. 9. - 84. Putes. 260. II. and R. 4. So fallare. Gr. 486. I. A. & S. THE STORY OF MIDAS. [vv. 85-193.] - 86. Choro= cohors, v. 89. i. e. train, retinue. Tymoli = Tymolus, or Tmolus, a a mountain in Lydia. Sui; because of the vineta. -87. Pactolon = the Pactolus, a river of Lydia, rising on Tmolus, famous for its golden sands. — 88. Invidiosus = envied, or enviable. See on Arenis. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 247. 1. -89. Hunc; i. e. See on I. 193. Bacchae Bac VI. 276. Bacchus. Satyri Satyrs. chantes. 90. Silenus. The older Satyrs were generally called Sileni, but one of these is commonly the Silenus, who always attends Bacchus, and is said to have been his foster-father. He is described as a jovial old man, bald, fat, generally drunk, riding on an ass, or supported by other Satyrs. -92. Regem; sc. Phrygiae. Orpheus. See on v. 68. — 93. Cecropio Eumolpo Athenian Eumolpus ; a bard of Thracian birth, who spent much of his life in Attica, where he introduced the worship of Ceres and Bacchus. Here, as in some other legends, he is associated with Orpheus. There are so many conflicting stories about him that some of the ancients supposed that there were several Eumolpi. The final syllable of Cecropio is not elided, and the line is spondaic. See on v. 17, and on I. 117.cropio, from Cecrops, first king of Attica and founder of Athens. 94. Qui; i. e. Midas. — 95. Adventu. Gr. 414. 2 and 3). A. & S. 247 and R. 2 (a). — 97. Cf. II. 114.98. Lucifer, like Aurora, is often = dies. Cf. Virg. A. V. 65. —99. Alumno= = Bacchus, who Ce = bestows. is represented as ever youthful. -100. Huic Midas. Optandi. Gr. 562 and 1. A. & S. 275. II. Inutile: pernicious; as it proved. -102. Donis. Gr. 419. I. A. & S. 245. I. — 103. Vertatur. Gr. A. & S. 262, R. 4. 493. 2. -104. Solvit -105. Petisset. Gr. 234. I; 520. II. A. & S. 162. 7 (a); 266. 3. — 106. Berecyntius heros; i. e. Midas. See on v. 16. —107. Fidem... tentat= = tests the truth.-108. The order is: non alta ilice virgam fronde virentem detraxit. Fronde. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. I. -110. Humo. Gr. 424. 2. A. & S. 255, R. 1. - -112. Massa; sc. aurea, or auri. Cereris of wheat. Cf. Virg. A. I. 177.-114. Hesperidas-putes = you would think that the Hesperides had given it to him. The Hesperides were the guardians of the golden apples which Terra gave to Juno at her marriage with Jupiter. See on IV. 637. For putes, see on v. 84. So posset, v. 117.-117. Danaën; an allusion to the golden shower in which Jupiter visited Danaë. See on IV. 611.-118. Vix-capit= scarcely can he grasp in thought his own hopes. Fingens: as he imagines. 120. Tostae frugis = corn roasted (and ground, and made into bread). Gr. 409. I. A. & S. 220. 3. Cf. Virg. G. I. 267; A. I. 179.-121. Cerealia munera. Cf. X. 74. - 123. Dente. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3. -124. Dente. Gr. 431. A. & S. 257. Premebat covered. · 125. Auctorem muneris Bacchus; i. e. wine. Cf. v. 112, and see on VIII. 665. Undis aqua. See on V. 555.-126. Videres. Gr. 486. I. and 4. A. & S. 260. II. R. 2, or 261, R. 4. — 128. Voverat had prayed for. -130. Meritus. Gr. 443. A. & S. 205, R. 15. Auro. Gr. 414. 2. 3). A. & S. 247 and R. 2 (a). — 133. Specioso damno=this splendid wretchedness. — 134. Mite deum (= deorum) numen = mitis deus. Cf. Virg. A. II. 623, 777. -135. Restituit restored him; i. e. to his former nature. Factaque-solvit and revokes the gift he had bestowed in fulfilment of his promise. In v. 104, munera solvit means "fulfils his promise concerning the gift," or frees himself from his obligation by bestowing it; here it means "frees Midas from the gift." In both cases solvere has its original meaning, "to loosen, unbind, or release." - 136. Neve... ait et ait: Ne, etc. Cf. I. 151; II. 33, etc. Maneas. Gr. 491. A. & S. 262. 137. Sardibus: Sardes, or Sardis, the capital of Lydia. Amnem; i. e. the Pactolus. See on v. 87.-138. Perque - viam = and take your way along the height of the bank, up the stream. Undis. Gr. 391. A. & S. 222, R. 1 (b). — 139. Venias. Gr. 522. II. A. & S. 263. 4. — 140. Fonti. Gr. 386. I. A. & S. 224, N. 1. Plurimus : maximus. Cf. Virg. A. I. 419. — 141. Corpusque crimen = while you bathe your body, wash away your fault. Cf. Virg. A. VI. 741. — 142. Jussae. Cf. I. 399; VI. 163, etc. Vis aurea; i. e. the power of changing everything to = gold, which in v. 141 is called crimen, because he owed it to his own folly.144. Jam veteris now ancient. Venae; sc. aureae. — 145. Auro pallentia. Cf. v. 110. Madidis glebis = in their moist clods. = flocks and shepherds, and of His worship was associated -148. Pingue = dull, 151. 147. Pana=Pan; the great god of everything connected with pastoral life. with that of Bacchus and the Nymphs. stupid. Ut ante; i. e. when he wished to change what he touched to gold. 149. Domino. Gr. 385. A. & S. 223, R. 2. Clivoque - utroque and sloping on either side. 152. Sardis was at the foot of the mountain to the north, Hypaepa to the south. 153. Jactat boasts. 154. Cerata arundine. See on VIII. 192. Modulatur = accompanies. 155. Prae se= prae suis (cantibus) = in comparison with his own music. 156. Tmolo; i. e. the god of the mountain, who acted as judge of the contest. Impar; since Apollo was the god of music.—158. He removes the trees, as one pushes back his hair from his ears, that he may hear the better. Caerula; suggested probably by the azure hue of mountains seen in the distance. 161. Calamis. See on = 162. Barbarico; i. e. VIII. 192. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3. Phrygio. Aderat he was present; with many others, as appears from v. 173. Canenti; sc. ei. Gr. 386. A. & S. 224.163. Hunc; i. e. Pan. Sacer; as the god of the mountain. So sancti, v. 172. —164. Sua. Gr. 449. 2. A. & S. 208 (7). -165. Caput. Gr. 380. A. & S. 234. II. Lauro. See on I. 106. Parnaside. See on I. 317.-166. Murice. See on I. 332. — 167. Distinctam =set, inlaid. Dentibus Indis; i. e. ivory (from India). — 168. Laeva; sc. manu. 169. Artificis - fuit his very attitude acknowledge to be inferior. shows the artist. 171. Submittere = - A. & S. 273. 4-176. — 174. Delius Apollo; from Delos, his birth-place. See on VI. 190.-175. Retinere. Gr. 551. II. 1. Trahit in spatium = lengthens them. Posse moveri (= the power of motion) poetical construction. -178. Hominis. Gr. 401. 177. Imo= ima parte. is the object of dat; a A. & S. 211, R. A. & S. 234, Gr. 705. II. 8 (3). In = in regard to. —179. Aures. Gr. 374 7. R. 1 (a). 180. Pudore; the effect for the cause. A. & S. 324. 2. — 181. Tiaristiara; a Phrygian head-dress, covering the cheeks, and fastened under the chin. Cf. Virg. A. IV. 216. -186. Adspexerit. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265.-187. Voce — haustae in a low voice tells and whispers to the hole. Terrae haustae = loco unde terra hausta erat. -190. Creber - coepit = there a thick growth of rustling reeds began to rise. Arundinibus. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. 1.—192. Agricolam; i. e. the servant. The humor of the expression has been lost on most of the critics, some of whom have written long and dull notes to explain and justify it, while others have wasted their ingenuity on conjectural emen. dations, like arcanum, agricolis, auriculas, etc. ELEGY X. In this poem, written during his exile, the author gives us a sketch of his life and fortunes. 365.] [See Life of Ovid, p. A. & S. 311. For the measure of the poem, see Gr. 676. 1. Ille. Gr. 450. 5. A. & S. 207, R. 24. Qui fuerim depends on noris. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. Lusor singer. Amorum; referring to the Amores, etc. See Life.-3. Sulmo; a town of the Peligni, in the country of the Sabines, about ninety miles northeast of Rome. It was situated on two small mountain streams, the water of which was very cold. Hence gelidis uberrimus undis. —4. The Roman mile was 4,854 English feet, or about nine tenths of the English mile.-6. In the year 43 B. C., the consuls Aulus Hirtius and C. Vibius Pansa were sent with Octavianus against Antony, who was besieging D. Brutus at Mutina. Pansa was defeated by Antony, and died of a wound received in the battle. Hirtius retrieved this disaster by defeating Antony, but he also fell while leading an assault on the besieger's camp. -7. Si quid id est if that is anything; meaning that it is something to boast of. Many passages in his poems show that Ovid was proud of his family. Cf. Amor. III. 15. 5; Ep. ex Pont. IV. 8. 17. Ordinis; sc. equestris, implied in the following eques. - 8. Fortuna munere; i. e. by the possession of a fortune of 400 sestertia, which under the law of L. Roscius Otho (passed A. U. C. 687), entitled a person to equestrian privileges. 11 Lucifer-idem; i. e. we both had the same birthday. See on Met. XI. 98. 12. The libum was a cake offered to the Genius (the attendant spirit, or "guardian angel," of the person), on birthdays.-13. Haec - solet this is the first of the five days sacred to the warlike Minerva, which is bloody with the fight of gladiators; i.e. the second day of the Quinquatria, a festival in honor of Minerva, held on the 19th of March and the four following days. Of the first day Ovid (Fasti, III. 811) says: Sanguine prima vacat, nec fas concurrere ferro; but on the others there were shows of gladiators. -16. Insignes ab arte distinguished for learning. — Eloquieloquentiam. Tendebat inclined to; had a bent for. = - = 19. Coelestia sacra; i. e. the worship of the Muses.-22. Maeonides Homer; from Maeonia, where he was said to have been born. See on Met. VI. 149. - 23. Helicone. See on II. 219.24. Verba — modis words free from measure; i. e. prose. - 28. Liberior toga; i. e. the toga virilis, for which the boy of noble birth, at about the age of fifteen, exchanged the toga praetexta. He then ceased to be an infans, and entered on the legal rights of manhood. Hence liberior. For the datives, see Gr. 388. 4. A. & S. 225. II. — 29. The latus clavus, or broad purple stripe down the front of the tunic, was the badge of senatorial rank. Augustus, however, allowed the sons of senators, and, in some cases, of equites whose fortunes equalled that of senators, to wear the latus clavus, when they assumed the toga virilis. — 32. Cf. Hor. C. II. 17. 5. 34. Dequefui = and I became one of the Triumviri; i. e. the Triumviri Capitales, whose duty it was to inquire into all capital crimes, and who had the care of public prisons. — 35. Curiaest the senate was now open to me, but (not desiring to enter it) I laid aside the latus clavus. When a young eques was allowed to wear the latus clavus (see on v. 29), he gave it up on reaching the age when he was admissible into the senate, if he did not desire to become a senator, and assumed the angustus clavus, the badge of the equestrian order. -36. Onus; i. e. the senatorship. - 38. Fugax, in poetry, sometimes takes a genitive of the thing which is shunned. 39. Aoniae Sorores = the Muses; since Helicon and Aganippe, their favorite haunts, were in Aonia, or Boeotia. See on I. 313.-40. Otium often denotes freedom from the cares of public life. 44. Macer; i. e. Aemilius Macer, who wrote a poem, or poems, now lost, upon birds, serpents, and medicinal plants. He was born at Verona, and was a friend of Virgil's. On the subjunctives, see Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. - 45. S. Aurelius Propertius, the poet, was born about B. C. 51. Little is known of his life. As an elegiac poet, he ranks very high, and, among the ancients, it was a disputed point whether the preference should be given to him or to Tibullus. Ignes; i. e. love-poems. 47. Ponticus; a poet, less noted, who wrote on the Theban War in hexameter (heroo) verse. Bassus; a poet mentioned also by Propertius. Iambo iambic verse. — 48. Dulcia - mei; i. e. were favorites in my circle of friends. 49. Numerosus Horatius: the tuneful Horace. – 50. Ausonia = Italian. See on Met. V. 350. - 51. Ovid was twenty-four years old when Virgil died, but the latter had resided for some years at Naples. Albius Tibullus, the elegiac poet, died in the same year with Virgil, or soon after. The poetry of his contemporaries shows him to have been a gentle and singularly amiable man. 53. C. Cornelius Gallus, born about B. C. 66, was an intimate friend of Virgil, Varus, - |
