band, but, affecting ignorance of it, she commended the beauty of the heifer, and asked her of Jupiter as a present. Apprehensive of exciting her suspicions by refusing her request, Jupiter gave her the heifer, which was immediately confided to the care of Argus, the son of Aristor, who is represented by the poets as having a hundred eyes, and never closing more than two of them at a time.

508. Inde suis vicibus: of which eyes in their turn.'Bina: two' at a time.

509. In statione: on guard as sentinels.'

510. Tö: the accusative, declined like Dido; see Gram

mar.

512. Sinit: eam is understood.-Cùm sol . . . est: 'by night.' The ancient poets generally represent the sun as going round the earth.

513. Indigno: 'that did not deserve such treatment.' 519. Conato queri: endeavouring to utter complaints.' 522. Inachidas: of her father Inachus.'

523. Seque externata refugit: 'and terrified she fled from herself;' i. e. from her own image reflected from the

water.

524. Naïdes: 'the water nymphs;' her sisters.

531. Pro verbis: instead of words uttered by her lips.' -Littera: writing.'

532. Indicium triste peregit: 'made the mournful discovery.'

536. Repertá: than now when you are found.'

538. Alto pectore: 'from the bottom of your breast.' 541. Nocet esse deum: 'it adds to my misery that I am immortal.'

543. Submovet: eam patri is understood.

547. Phoronidos: of Iö, the granddaughter of Phoro

neus.'

549 Pleias: Maia; the brightest of the Pleiades, or the seven daughters of Atlas, who, after death, were changed into stars, and placed together in the heavens in the constellation of Taurus, one of the signs of the zodiac. Mercury, called by the Greeks, Hermes, was the son of Jupiter and Maia, and, though the messenger of the other gods, he was always ranked among the most illustrious of the heathen deities; and was the patron of orators, travellers, merchants, and thieves.-Leto det: that he should kill,'

550. Alas pedibus: Mercury was always represented with wings on his feet, called talaria; a cap with wings on on his head, called petăsus; and a rod or wand, called caduceus; around which were entwined two serpents. Mercury is said to have received this rod of Apollo, in exchange for a lyre, of which he was the inventor: he always made use of it in conducting the souls of the dead to the infernal regions, and he had the power of lulling persons to sleep with it, and even of raising the dead to life.

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551. Sumpsisse: while he was placing.'

555. Hác: virga is understood.

556. Dum venit, abductas: stolen as he passes along.'Structis joined together.'

557. Voce nová: with the sound of this new instrument.'--Junonius: 'placed there by Juno.'

561. Atlantiades: the grandson of Atlas.' 562. Detinuit diem: beguiled the time.'

563. Lumina: Argi is understood.

568. Talia dicturus: while he is about to relate the history of the pipe.-Cyllenius: Mercury, who derives this name from Cyllene, a mountain in Arcadia, on which he was born.

577. Volucris sua: of the peacock; a bird sacred to to Juno.

579. Exarsit: Juno is understood.

580. Horriferam Erinnyn: a dreadful Fury,' by which she was driven frantic over the earth.

581. Pellicis Argolica: of her Grecian rival.'

583. Ultimus: finis is understood.

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585. Resupino ardua collo: raising her head high above

her neck.'

589. Ille Jupiter.

593. Ut lenita dea est: 'when Juno was appeased.'illa: Iö.

597. Dilapsa: disappearing.'--absumitur: is changed.'

599. Oficioque . . duorum: ‘and the nymph satisfied with the service of two feet.'

600. Erigitur: 'stands erect.'

601. Intermissa: 'long disused.'

602. Linigerá: clothed in linen.' Iö is worshipped by the Egyptians as Isis, whose priests wear linen robes.

BOOK II.

PHAETHONTIS MORS. Phaeton was the son of Phoebus and Clymene, one of the Oceanides. Proud of his birth, and distinguished by the favour of Venus, who had confided one of her temples to his care, he often boasted of these honors before Epaphus. the son of Jupiter and lö, and arrogantly assumed the superiority over him. In one of the contentions between them, Epaphus, to humble the pride of his companion, denied his divine origin, and charged Clymene with deception in representing Phoebus as his father. Stung with the insult, Pha thon hastened to his mother, who, in order to convince him of her veracity, and of his descent from the god of day, advised him to appeal to Phobus himself, and to repair immediately to his palace. The advice was joyfully received by her son, and in the following history, Ovid relates the result of his journey.

1. Alta: raised high.'

2. Pyropo: the pyropus, or carbuncle is a precious stone of a flame colour.

5. Materiem: the materials.'-Opus: the workmanship.' Mulciber, a name of Vulcan, the god of fire and of smiths, and the son of Jupiter and Juno, or, according to the opinion of others, of Juno alone. Soon after he was born, it is said, he was kicked down from Olympus by Jupiter, and broke one of his legs in the fall. From this accident he never wholly recovered, so that lameness was added to the other deformities of his person. The island of Lemnos is said to have been the place of his residence during his continuance on earth; but his forges, at which the thunderbolts of Jupiter were fabricated, are always placed by the poets under Ætna, a mountain in the island of Sicily, celebrated for its volcanic eruptions. Through the kind offices of Bacchus, Vulcan was at length reconciled to his father: he returned to heaven, and became the husband of Venus.

8. Unda: i. e. the representation of the ocean carved on the folding doors.

9. Proteaque ambiguum: and the changeful Proteus.' Proteus was the son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was a sea deity, celebrated for his knowledge of futurity, and for

the power which he possessed of assuming whatsoever shape he pleased.

10. Egona: Egæon;' or, as he is more frequently called, Briareus, the son of Celus and Terra, a gigantic sea deity, having a hundred hands and fifty heads.

11. Dorida: Doris was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; and the mother of the sea-nymphs, called Nereïdes, from their father Nereus.

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14. Qualem sc. habent faciem talem, but they have such a face, as.'

18. Signa sex: 'six of the twelve signs of the zodiac.' 19. Acclivo limite: by an ascending path.'

20. Dubitati: Epaphus had raised this doubt.

21. Ad patrios vultus: he goes into the presence

of his father.'

26. Spatiis æqualibus: at equal distances from each other.'

27. Florente: of flowers.'

30. Canos hirsuta capillos: rough with hoary hair.' 31. Loco medius: in the middle.'

36. Si das . . usum: if you will allow me to call you by the name of father.'

38. Errorem: 'uncertainty.'

40. Deposuit radios: Phoebus laid aside the crown of rays, with which his head was surrounded, and which, by its brightness, had prevented Phaethon from coming near him.

41. Nec tu . . . es: the construction is, nec tu dignus es negari esse meus filius.

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42. Veros edidit ortus: 'declared your true descent.' 45. Dis juranda: by which the gods are accustomed to swear.'--Palus: the Styx.

47. In diem: for one day.'

55. Non est mortale:

is beyond their powers.

is not allowed to mortals ;' i. e.

57. Placeat sibi : 'may think highly of his own power.' 58. Quisquam: superûm is understood.

62. Prima via: the first part of the way.' This description of the path of the sun, though distinguished by its poetical beauty, is founded on the erroneous opinion that the sun revolves round the earth, instead of the earth round the sun.

64. Unde... timor: the construction is, unde timor sæpe fit mihi ipsi videre mare et terras.

67. Subjectis lying below.'

:

68. Ne ferar in præceps: lest I should fall headlong.'Tethys the daughter of Coelus and Terra, and the wife of Oceanus. She was the greatest of the sea-goddesses, and hence her name is often used to express the sea itself. As the sun when he sets appears to fall into the sea, she was said always to receive Phoebus at the end of his daily journey.

69. Rapitur: 'is hurried round.'

73. Finge datos currus: 'suppose the chariot given to you.' 77. Formas ferarum: i. e. the forms of wild beasts in the zodiac, as the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Cancer. 79. Adversi: opposing; threatening.'

80. Hæmonios arcus: i. e. the sign Sagittarius. This constellation received its name from Chiron, one of the Centaurs, a people inhabiting a part of Hæmonia or Thessaly, and described as being half men and half horses. The origin of these imaginary monsters appears to be easily traced. The ancient Thessalians, having discovered the art of taming horses, were seen at a distance, by some of their neighbours, mounted on horseback; and appearing to them as though their bodies were connected with the bodies of their horses, they were immediately converted into monsters, and called Centaurs. Hercules is said to have destroyed the greater part of the Centaurs, and among them Chiron, who had been his preceptor, and who was renowned for his skill in shooting, music, botany, and medicine. Having undesignedly struck him with a poisoned arrow in his knee, the pain occasioned by the wound was so excruciating, that the Centaur entreated Jupiter to put an end to his agonies by terminating his existence. The god granted his request, and placed him after his death among the constellations of the zodiac, under the name of Sagittarius, or the Bowman. 82. Scorpion in the accusative; sc. per; by the Scor pion.'-Aliter: 'differently,' i. e. not as the Scorpion does. 83. Nec tibi in promptu est : nor is it easy for you.' 90. Timendo: by my fears' for your safety.

97. Quod . pœna: 'which, by its true name, is a punishment.'

102. Ille: Phaëton.

104. Quâ licuit: as long as he was able.'

106. Summa curvatura rota: the rim of each wheel.' 107. Radiorum ordo: the range of spokes' in the wheel.