90 Exemploque suo mores reget; inque futuri Vix ea fatus erat, mediâ quum sede Senatûs Passa recentem animam cœlestibus intulit astris. Lunâ volat altiùs illa, Flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem5 95 100 105 110 1 Prolem, offspring, i. e. Tiberius, the son of Livia the wife of Augustus, who was latterly adopted by him as his successor, and therefore assumed the name of Cæsar. 2 Cognata sidera, the star of his relation, i. e. of Julius Cæsar. 3 Jubar, a star; ab excelså æde, from his lofty mansion, i e. from heaven. This fable took its rise from a comet which appeared in the northwest for seven successive nights after the murder of Cæsar, and which is again alluded to in 105 4 Nec passa solvi in aëra, without suffering it to be dissolved into air. 5 Trahensque flammiferum crinem spatioso limite, and drawing after it a fiery tail through a long space. 6 Hic, i. e. Augustus; obnoxia nullis jussis, subject to the commands of no one; in unâ parte, in this one instance only. 7 Equantibus ipsos, which are equal to them, i. e. to Cæsar and Augustus. Temperat ætherias et mundi regna triformis ;1 115 120 Quâ caput Augustum, quem temperat, orbe relicto, 125 Accedat cœlo, faveatque precantibus absens. PERORATION. 6 JAMQUE opus exegi, quod nec Jovis ira nec ignes 1 Triformis mundi, of the triple world, i. e. heaven, earth, and the infernal regions. Uterque, each, i. e. Jupiter and Augustus. 2 Comites Æneæ, the attendants of Æneas, i. e. the Penates, which were rescued by Æneas from the flames of Troy, and brought by him into Italy, and by whose interposition he was delivered from the sword of his enemies and the fire of Troy. 3 Di Indigetes, ye native gods of the country, as Janus, Faunus, Æneas, &c. A R. A. 231. 4 Sacrata inter Cæsareos Penates, held sacred among the household gods of Cæsar. Cæsar was Pontifex Maximus, and therefore priest of Vesta. A. R. A. 235. 5 Domestice Phoebe, domestic Phœbus. Augustus built a temple to Apollo in the Palatium on the Palatine hill. 6 Exegi opus, I have finished a work; ira Jovis, the thunderbolt. 7 The order is, Illa dies (i. e. the day of my death) quæ habet nil jus nisi hujus corporis (which has no power over me except as to this body), finiat mihi spatium incerti ævi, quum volet. 8 Meliore parte mei, in my better part, i. e. in my fame; perennis, immortal; indelebile, imperishable; patet, is extended. INDEX. NOTE.-A vowel in the penult. followed by another vowel is to be pro- See Abantēus, -a, -um, adj., of, or relating to Abas. In Aban- Abantiădes. -æ, m., a patronymic applied to the descendants Abas, -antis, m., Abas, a king of Argos, famous for his genius Achaia, -æ, f., Achaia, a division of the Peloponnesus, lying Achāis, -idis, or -idos, adj. f., of, or relating to Achaia, P Acheloides, -um, f., the Acheloides, a name given to the Sirens as the daughters of the river-god Achelōus. See Siren. Achelōus, -i, m., the Achelous, now called the Aspro Potamo, a river which rises in the northern part of Mount Pindus, flows through eastern Epirus, and after separating Ætolia from Acarnania, falls into the Ionian Sea. Acheron, -ontis, m., the Acheron, or Souli, a river of Epīrus, which rises in the chain of mountains to the west of Pindus, and after flowing through the Acherusian Lake, falls into the Ionian Sea. The Acheron is an inconsiderable stream, but is celebrated in mythology from its supposed communication with the infernal regions, a fable which probably derived its origin from the dark colour of its waters, and from the destructive malaria, or tainted air, which infested the lower part of its course. According to the poets, Acheron was the son of Sol and Terra, and was cast into the infernal regions, and there changed into a river, for having supplied the Titans with water during the war which they waged with Jupiter. Its waters are represented as muddy and bitter, and it was the stream over which the souls of the dead were first conveyed, when on their way to Hades. It is frequently used to denote the lower world. Acheron was the father of Ascalăphus by Orphne. Quem Orphne dicitur peperisse ex suo Acheronte sub furvis antris, whom Orphne is said to have brought forth to her husband, Acheron, in a dusky cave, v. 8. 80. Imum Acheronta, the bottom of Acheron, xi. 10. 95. Gr. Acc.-onta. Achilles, -is, m., Achilles, the bravest of the Greeks, and the hero of the Iliad, was the son of Peleus (diss.), king of Phthiōtis in Thessaly, and the sea-nymph Thetis. Soon after he was born, his mother plunged him into the river Styx, and thereby rendered him invulnerable in every part of his body, except the heel, by which she held him. His education was intrusted to the Centaur Chiron, the instructor of the greatest heroes of his age. His mother, knowing that he was destined to perish if he went to the Trojan war, sent him disguised in a female dress to the court of Lycomēdes, king of the island of Scyros. In consequence, however, of a prophecy of Calchas, that Troy could not be taken without his assistance, it became necessary to take measures to entice him from his place of concealment. Accordingly, Ulysses, who had undertaken this duty, went to Scyros in the disguise of a travelling merchant, carrying with him various articles of female dress, and along with them some pieces of armour. When these were exposed for sale, Achilles discovered himself by preferring the armour, and was prevailed upon by Ulysses to accompany him to the seat of war. Here he signalized himself greatly by his valour, until a dispute arose between him and Agamemnon respecting a female captive, in consequence of which he separated himself from the Grecian army, and refused to co-operate with his countrymen in prosecuting the |