bant = limited. his lands. -637. Auro. Gr. 414.2. Humum A. & S. 247. I. 638. The golden apples of the Hesperides (see on XI. 144) are here made the property of Atlas himself — 640. Mihi. See on v. 635.-641. Rerum; sc. gestarum. · 643. Themis. See on I. 321.644. Auro. Gr. 425. A. & S. 251.645. Titulum honor. Praedae. Gr. 384. II. A. & S. 223. Jove natus; not Perseus, but Hercules, who killed the dragon and stole the apples. - 647. Moenibus. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3. Servanda. Gr. 565. 3. 2). A. & S. 274, R. 7 (a). — 650. Mentiris Longe tibi absit - be far from protecting you. you falsely claim. Gr. 491. A. & S. - 262 and R. 5.-652. Dictis. Gr. 385. 5. A. & S. 223, R. 2. 653. Viribus. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. I. Atlanti. Gr. 391. I and 2. 4) (2). A. & S. 222, R. 1 and R. 2 (a) and (b). — 654. Parvi. Gr. 402. III. 1. A. & S. 214, R. 1 (a) (1). Gratia friendship. 655. Munus. Gr. 705. IV. A. & S. 324. 4. = 656. Retro versus turning his face aside; that he might not himself be changed to stone. Squalentia = horrida; i. e. bristling with serpents. - 658. Abeunt = mutantur. Compare the description of Atlas, Virg. A. IV. 246–251. —659. Summo. Gr. 441. 6. A. & S. 205, R. 17. — 662. The ancients believed that Atlas supported the heavens on his head, or his shoulders. Cf. Virg. A. IV. 247. 663. Hippotades Aeolus, the son, or, as some say, the grandson of Hippotes, a king of Troy. He was king of the winds. Cf. Virg. A. I. 52 foll. — 664. Admonitor operum - who calls men to the labors of the day. Cf. v. 629. — 665. Ille = nis is here the dative the poetical construction for pennas alligat pedibus. Gr. 384. II. A. & S. 223. - 666. Telo the harpe, or short curved sword, which Mercury had given him. Cf. v. 727. - 667. Talaribus the winged sandals of Mercury. See on v. 616, and cf. Virg. A. IV. 239. — 669. Cepheaque of Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia. It is from Cepheus. The more common form is Cepheia, which is found in some MSS. 670. Maternae of her mother, Cassiope, Cassiopea, or Cassiepea, who, by boasting of her beauty, had offended the Nereids. They, in revenge, had induced Neptune to inundate the territories of Cepheus; and, to appease them, the oracle of Ammon had directed that Andromeda should be bound to a rock and exposed to a sea-monster. Cepheus, Cassiope, and Andromeda were afterwards placed among the stars. Milton, in Il Penseroso, speaks of Cassiope as that starred Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended. 671. Ammon, or Hammon, was an Ethiopian deity whom the Greeks and Romans identified with Zeus, or Jupiter. He had a famous temple and oracle in the oasis of Ammonium (now Siwah) in the Libyan desert. See on Virg. A. IV. 198. — 672. Simul = simul ac, as often. Brachia. Gr. 380. A. & S. 234. II. - - 673. Abantiades = Perseus. See on v. 607. — 674. Moverat. Gr. 511. A. & S. 261, R. 6. (Cf. 259, N.) — 675. Trahit... ignes he is enamored. 676. Correptus = charmed, fascinated. -678. Catenis. Gr. 419. IV. A. & S. 244. · -679. Quibus; sc. catenis. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3. — 680. Requirenti; sc. mihi. Terraepatriae tuae. - 681. Geras. Gr. 525. = 683. Celasset. -684. Quod potuit= A. & S. A. & S. 265. See on I. 152. Gr. 510. A. & S. 261. 1. which she could do; i. e. though she could not cover her face. -685. Instanti; i. e. Perseus. Fateri. Gr. 552. I. A. & S. 271, R. 4. 686. Nolle. Gr. 549. 4. 1). A. & S. 272, R. 6. Videretur. Gr. 491. A. & S. 262 and R. 5.-687. Quantaque-formae "how much her mother had presumed upon her beauty." See on v. 681.-689. Ponto. Gr. 422. 2. A. & S. 255, R. 3 (b). — 690. Possidet premit, tenet. — 692. Ambo miseri. Gr. 439. 2. I). A. & S. 205, R. 2 (1). Justius = with the greater reason; since she had been the cause of the calamity. · 693. Tempore. See on v. 678. — 696. Opem. . . ferendam. Gr. 562; 565 and 1. 275. II. and R. 3.-697. Hanc; i. e. Andromeda. Peterem. Gr. 510. A. & S. 261. 1. Illa; i. e. Danaë. See on v. 611.-699. Gorgonis. See on v. 615. Alis. See on v. 616.—701. Praeferrer – gener=I ought surely to be preferred to all (others) as a son-inlaw. 702. Dotibus; referring to his heroism and his renown. Faveant. Gr. 505. A. & S. 263. 2 (1). — 703. Ut― paciscor = I stipulate that she shall be mine, if saved by my valor. Gr. 578. III. A. & S. 274. 3 (a). —704. Dubitaret. Gr. 486. II. A. & S. 260, R. 5. 705. Super insuper. Dotale = = as a dowry. 707. Juvenum; i. e. the rowers. -708. Sic fera so does the monster (plough the waters). Undis. Gr. 431. A. & S. 257. — 709, 710. Tantum coeli It was as far from the rocks as the distance in mid-air (quantum medii coeli), which a Balearic sling can traverse with its whirled bullet. The inhabitants of the Balearic islands were famous as slingers. Leaden balls were sometimes used for slinging. -711. Tellure. See on undis, v. 708. —712. Arduus abiit soared aloft. Gr. 443. 2. A. & S. 205, R. 15 (a) and (b). Summo. See on v. 659. — 714. Jovis praepes the eagle of Jove. Vacuo aperto. —715. Phoebo to the sun; i. e. basking in the sunshine. — 716. Occupat aversum him from behind. Neu- and that (he may) not. Gr. 491. A. & S. 262. — 717. Cervicibus; poetic lative in cervice.· 718. Inane. See on v. 621. Volatu. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2.720. Inachides Perseus; because he comes upon Retorqueat. plural and ab was born at Argos, Inachos was the first king and most ancient hero of Argos. 721. Sublimis. See on arduus, v. 712. 722. Subdit; sc. se dives beneath. So versat. Aquis. See on equis, v. 634. –725. Patent = are exposed; i. e. terga, costae, cauda.—727. Ense. See on v. 666.-729. Graves; "by anticipation," since it expresses the result of adspergine. Pennae; i. e. of Perseus. -730. Bibulis wet, dripping. Talaribus. See on v. 665. - 731. Summo vertice with its topmost point. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. — 732. Stantibus moto: rises above the waters when they are still, is covered by the sea when disturbed. On aquis, see on v. 689. -733. Eo thither; i. e. to the rock. - 734. Repetita struck again and again. Cf. V. 473. -735. Cum plausu clamor plausus et clamor. Cf. I. 319, and Virg. A. I. 292. -736. Generum; sc. eum. Gr. 373. 1 and 2. A. & S. 230. So auxilium (sc. eum esse) and servatorem. Cf. Gr. 551. I. A. & S. 272 and 230, R. I. 738. Catenis. Gr. 425. 2. 2). A. & tium and causa. Gr. 363. A. & S. 204. S. 251. — 739. Pre-741. Laedat. Gr. 491. A. & S. 262.743. Phorcynidos = daughter of Phorcys ; a sea-god, the father of the Gorgons, the Graeae, the Hesperian dragon, and Scylla. See on v. 774.-744. Recens just broken off. Bibula... medulla: the porous pith. -745. Rapuit expresses the suddenness of the transformation. Hujus, in a construction like this, is very rarely found without a noun.-746. Ramis. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. I.—749. Iterant jactata = jactant et iterant = they throw again and again, scatter, sow. Gr. 579. A. & S. 274. 3 (b). — 750. Curaliis. Gr. 384. I. A. & S. 223. 751. Tacto aëre 262. ab from the contact of the air. Capiant. Gr. 494. · A. & S. So fiat. -- --- 753. Disponit to three gods he erects as many altars of turf: to Mercury, who had loaned him the talaria, the sword, and a helmet ; to Pallas, who had furnished him with a shield; and to Jupiter, his father. —754. Virgo Pallas, or Minerva, goddess of war as well as of wisdom. 756. Alipedi; i. e. Mercury, from the talaria. Deorum. Gr. 396. III. 2. 3) (2). A. & S. 212, R. 2 (3). · 757. Et... praemia even the reward; in apposition with Andromeden. — 758. Indotata = without a dowry; i. e. without thought of the dowry that had been promised. See v. 705. Like rapit, it expresses the eagerness of Perseus to make her his own. Hymenaeus = Hymen, the god of marriage. He is generally represented as a youth, bearing the nuptial torch. Amor Cupid. 759. Praecutiunt. Torches were carried before the bride as she was led to the house of her husband.—762. Argumenta. Gr. 363. A. & S. 204. — 764. Cephenum=of the Ethiopians; the people of Cepheus. See on v. 669. Convivia. Gr. 371. 4. 1). A. & S. - Crinita A. & S. 245. I. Munere; i. e. -766. Diffudere: cheered, the mode of life and the his pen which Ovid would have See Life. Perhaps gelido Atlas had been changed to 233 (3).—765. Epulis. Gr. 419. I. with wine. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3. exhilarated. Cultusque - locorum: tory of the country; i. e. of the people of the country.—768. Lyncides; in apposition with unus quidam. — 769. Simul = simul ac.-770. Perseu. Gr. 94. 1. A. & S. 81, R. — 771. Abstuleris. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. ora the head (of Medusa) bristling with serpents. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 247. I.—772. Agenorides. Most of the editors speak of Agenor as the great-grandfather of Perseus; but according to the best authorities, Perseus was descended from Belus, the twin-brother of Agenor. His mother, Danaë, was the daughter of Acrisius, the son of Abas, the son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, the former of whom was the son of Aegyptus, the latter the daughter of Danäus; and Aegyptus and Danäus were twin sons of Belus. See on v. 607. Some read Abantiades instead of Agenorides; some think the inaccuracy a slip of the corrected, had he revised the poem. sub Atlante is another slip of the kind. stone before this time, it is true, but so recently that Perseus would hardly speak of him as a well-known mountain, especially in relating events that had taken place previous to his transformation. - 773. Molis; i. e. of mountains. -774, 775. Geminas - Phorcidas the Graeae, daughters of Phorcys (see on v. 743), who had gray hair from their birth, and only one tooth and one eye in common, which they used by turns. There were three of them, but Ovid here speaks of but two. 776. Dum traditur while it is passing; i. e. as one is handing it to the other. - 777. Supposita... manu; i. e. by putting his hand in the place of that of the sister who was about to take the eye. Perseus refused to return the eye until the Graeae told him how to find the Gorgons. Cepisse and the other infinitives in the passage depend on narrat, v. 772. Gr. 551. I. A. & S. 272. 779. Gorgoneas domos he reached the home of the Gorgons; three frightful beings, with snaky hair, brazen claws, and enormous teeth. Of the three, Medusa alone was mortal. See on v. 743. 780. The last syllable of the verse is cut off by synalœpha. Gr. 669. I. A. & S. 307. 3. 781. Ex ipsis; i. e. from their natural –782. Clypei limits aere; the brass of the shield, i. e. the brazen shield.—783. Repercusso reflecting; as if repercutienti. –786. Pegason = Pegasus; a winged horse, the offspring of Medusa. In modern times he has become famous as the horse of the Muses; but with the ancients he had no connection with the Muses except producing with his hoof the inspiring fountain Hippocrene. His brother was Chrysaor. A. & S. 54.788. Freta state. = For the form Pegason, see Gr. 46. I. waters, seas. Alto. See on v. 621. METAMORPHOSES. Book V. THE STORY OF CERES AND PROSERPINA. - A hymn in honor of Ceres, which the Muse Calliope sings in a contest with the Pierides, the nine daughters of Pierus, king of Emathia. The Muses themselves are often called Pierides, from Pieria, near Mount Olympus, where they were first worshipped by the Thracians. sedes Typhoeus, 341. Prima. See on I. 89. Ceres, the Greek Demeter, was the goddess of the earth and the protectress of agriculture. She was the daughter of Saturn (Chronos) and Rhea. See on I. 123, and cf. Virg. G. I. 147. - 342. Mitia culta, cultivated, in distinction from that which grows spontaneously. Cf. I. 103. - 343. Leges; since agriculture is the basis of civilization. Hence she is called legifera. Cf. Virg. A. IV. 58.—344. Mihi. Gr. 388. I. A. & S. 225. III. Modo only. Possem. Gr. 488. I. and 1. A. & S. 263. I. - 345. Dea and carmine. See on IV. 678.—346. Giganteis. Here the giant Typhoeus is represented as buried under Mount Aetna. Homer and Virgil (A. III. 578) put Enceladus there. Gr. 398. 2. A. & S. 211, R. 4 (a). 347. Trinacris (or Trinacria) = Sicily, so called from its three promontories. - 348. Aetherias who dared to aspire to the celestial abodes; referring to the revolt of the giants against the gods. On ausum, see Gr. 577. A. & S. 274. 3 (α). — 349. Resurgere. Gr. 553. V. A. & S. 273. 2 (b). 350. Peloro = Pelorum, or Pelorus (now Capo di Faro), the promontory opposite Italy; hence Ausonian. 351. Pachyne, the southern promontory, now Capo di Passaro. Tibi; sc. subjecta est. Lilybaeo Lilybaeum, now Capo di Boco or di Marsala, on the western coast. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 248. II.-353. Ore. Gr. 422. 2. A. & S. 255, R. 3 (b). So corpore, v. 355, and sede, v. 359. — 356. Rex... silentum - Pluto. Silentium is inadmissible in hexameter verse. – 357. Pateat = patescat. Gr. 492. 4 and 1). A. & S. 262 and R. 7. So retegatur and terreat. -358. Trepidantes; "by anticipation." See on IV. 729.-361. Ambibat. Gr. 295. 3. A. & S. 182, R. 3. Fundamina. Gr. 371. 4. A. & S. 233. - 362. Exploratum est. Gr. 556. I. (1). A. & S. 209 (5). Labare. Gr. 549 and I. A. & S. 269 (b). — 363. Erycina Venus, who had a temple on Mount Eryx, in the northern part of Sicily. Cf. Virg. A. V.759. -365. Arma, manus, and potentia are in apposition with nate. Ovid had in mind Virg. A. I. 664. — 368. In the division of the universe among themselves, the first lot fell to Jupiter, the second to Neptune, the third (novissima) to Pluto. See on I. 113. —370. Ipsum Neptune. -371. Tartara - cessant why do, |