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'had been burnt (on the funeral pile).' || The god of fire (Hephæstus, Vulcan) had wrought the armour of Achilles.-6. vivit, sc. gloria, to be assumed from the relative sentence.-7. hæc mensura, i. e. that of the whole world. 8. nec inania Tartara sentit, i. e. is not subject to death.-9. JN. etiam ipse clypeus movet bella ut possis cognoscere cujus fuerit. This alludes to the warlike disposition of the first owner.-11. Tydides, Diomedes, son of Tydeus. Oilĕŏs (4-syll.), Greek gen. of Oileus, son of Oileus.12. minor Atrides, Menelaus. || bello major et ævo (sc. Atrides), Agamemnon, older and a greater warrior than his brother Mene. laus.-13. JN. fiducia tantæ laudis fuit soli creato Telamone, utque (creato) Laerte, pretension to such glory belonged only to the son of Telamon (the greater Ajax), and the son of Laertes (Ulysses).'-15. Tantalides, Agamemnon, great-grandson of Tantalus.-16. Argolicos, prop. Argive, but here Grecian in general, as Argos was then the leading state.-17. trajecit,' threw over,' a stronger word than transtulit, transferred.'- 18. consedere, alluding to ver. 18. corona, circle.' 19. hos, sc. duces. septemplicis,' sevenfold;' Ajax is noted in Homer for his shield of seven hides overlaying one another.-20. impatiens, 'incapable of controlling.' JN. respexit Sigeïa litora, classemque in litore, torvo vultu. Sigeia. The shore of the promontory Sigeum was the station of the Grecian fleet, and the scene of some of Ajax's chief deeds.-21. respexit, in its proper sense, 'looked back on.' - 22. intendens, stretching towards (them).' || pro or proh, interj., with the name of a god, especially Jupiter, in the nom. 23. Ulixes, or Ulysses, from the Greek 'Odvooɛúc, Odysseus.— 24. He retreated when Hector attempted to burn the Grecian fleet. - 26. fictis, artfully composed' or framed.'—27. dicere facere, subjects to promtum est dicere est promtum mihi ego promtus sum ad dicendum. The adjective promtus is properly the pass. partcp. of promo.-32. Allusion to the secret night-work of Ulysses, when, acting as a spy, he slaughtered the Thracian prince, Rhesus. 34. JN. quicquid Ulixes speravit, licet hoc sit ingens, non est superbum Ajaci, tenuisse.-40. Telamon had assisted Hercules at the first capture of Troy, and had joined in the Argonautic voyage.— 43. Sisyphus, son of Eolus, who was punished for his crimes on earth, by incessantly rolling a huge stone up-hill in the infernal regions, is here insinuated to be the progenitor of Ulysses. — 47. communis cum Achille. Achilles and Ajax were respectively the sons of the brothers Peleus and Telamon, and both were grandsons of Eacus. Frater, therefore, is here 'cousin-german.'. 50. JN. quid inseris nomina alienæ gentis Æacidis? Why dost thou foist in among the acids the names of a family unconnected with them?' Ulysses seemed to do this, by claiming what Ajax regards as the property of the acidæ. -51, sqq. Ulysses had feigned madness to escape from joining in the war, but his imposture was detected by Palamêdês, son of Nauplius, who was sibi inutilior, inasmuch as he afterwards suffered from the vengeance of Ulysses.—53. ultima, and 57, optima, nulla, supply

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arma.-58. With inhonorati and orbi take simus from next line.-63. Poeantia proles. Philoctetes, son of Pœas, unjustly abandoned by the Greeks at Lemnos, at the instigation of Ulysses.-67. eadem nobis, the same with us.' || nobis, dat. after eadem, after Greek idiom.-68. pars una ducum, lit. a part of the chieftains,' i. e. a distinct and important chief. successore, 'their inheritor.'70. velatur aliturque, pass. middle, clothes and feeds himself.'71. Troy was not to be taken without the aid of the arrows of Hercules. 72. comitavit, by-form comitatus est. -75. See above, vv. 54, 55. || male, as Ulysses felt.-76. Ulysses had buried gold in the tent of Palamedes, and then produced it, asserting that it was a bribe which that chief had taken from the Trojans. Danaam, Grecian, from Danaus, founder of Argos, the then leading state of Greece.-80, sqq. How Nestor, when in danger, was abandoned by Ulysses, is, like most of these anecdotes, taken from Homer, but are rhetorically distorted to the prejudice of Ulysses.-84. non hæc mihi crimina fingi,' that these charges are no invention of mine.' There seems to be here an allusion to the fictitious crimes that Ulysses had brought against Palamedes. mihi, dat. of agent a me.-94. minimum est hic (or hoc) laudis, here (or this) is very little credit.'-99. deos, the gods on his side. 104. Ajax smote Hector down with a huge stone. The order and circumstances of this, and some of the other tales, is varied from Homer.-105. vovistis, ' devoutly wished.'-108. Jovem. Jove, on their side, see above, ver. 99.-114. armis Ajaci, dat. of acquisition, Ajax for the arms,' not 'the arms for Ajax.'-115. Ithacus, the Ithacan,' i. e. Ulysses, king of Ithaca. 116. cum, along with,'et. || Pallade, the Palladium, or image of Pallas, on the possession of which depended that of Troy.-119. 'Let Diomed's share in them be the greater.'-120. quo tamen hæc (arma) Ithaco? But wherefore these (arms) for the Ithacan (Ulysses)?'—124. Dulichius, ' of the Dulichian,' i. e. of Ulysses, from the island Dulichium, part of his dominions.-126. Pelias hasta, the Pelian spear,' i. e. that of Achilles, which was made of an ash cut on Mount Pelion, and had belonged to Peleus.-127. The shield made by Hephaestus (Vulcan) for Achilles, is minutely described in Iliad xviii. -131. erit cur, 'it will be (a reason) why.'-136. mille patet plagis,' is open (is in holes) by a thousand blows.'-137. spectemur agendo, let us be proved by action.'-139. inde jubete (sc. arma) peti, et referentem ornate relatis, bid them be fetched thence, and with them, when brought back, decorate him who so brings them.'-140. finierat, absolutely, as often in the poets. -141. murmur, neither praise nor blame is necessarily implied by this.heros. Ulysses is so styled, as being a descendant of Jupiter.-142. adstitit, stood in presence,' like the Greek πаρέστη.-146. There would be no disputed successor in such a contest,' i. e. there would be no occasion for the controversy.147. tu, sc. potereris, from poteremur following. The verb belonging to two subjects of different numbers or persons, which, in

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modern languages, is commonly closely connected with the first-
mentioned; in Latin and Greek, on the contrary, generally
adheres to the latter. poteremur, by-form after third conjuga-
tion,=potiremur. || Achille, not abl., in apposition with te; but
voc. from Greek form.-150, 151. succedat-successit. A play on
the different applications of succedere: 1st, 'to follow or come
after;' 2nd, to be gained or added to.'-155, sqq. JN. modo ne
prosit huic, quod videtur esse hebes, ut est, neve ingenium quod semper
profuit vobis, Achivi, noceat mihi.—156. recuset, 'reject,' 'refuse to
use.'-159. esse Jovis pronepos, a Greek construction, se esse
Jovis pronepotem.-160. totidem gradus, 'just as many degrees (as
Ajax),' see ver. 45.-162. damnatus et exsul, an allusion to Peleus,
uncle to Ajax, who had been condemned to exile for slaying his
brother Phocus, in which deed his other brother, Telamon, the
father of Ajax, had abetted him.-163. Cyllenius, Mercury, whose
son was Autolycus, maternal grandfather of Ulysses.-164. altera,
'additional,' or 'on the other side.'-168. dummodo-non sit
meritum, an allusion to meritis, l. 167, 'provided, it be not allowed
as a merit.'-173. Phthiam. Phthia, capital of Phthiôtis, in Thes-
saly, the birth-place of Achilles. || Scyron, Scyros, one of the
Sporad islands (Sporades), where Pyrrhus, or Neoptolemus, son
of Achilles, was born and brought up.-174. Teucer, son of Tela-
mon and Hesionê, was brother of Ajax, and, equally with him,
cousin of Achilles.-176. nudum, bare,' 'mere.'-178. ducar, 'I
will be guided by.'-179. genitrix Nereia, Thetis, mother of
Achilles.-180. dissimulat cultu, disguises by dress,' 'clothes in
disguise.'-187. injeci manum, an expression suggested by the
ceremony, in Roman law, of claiming a thing by laying the hand
on it.-188. ergo opera illius mea sunt. Ulysses goes on to re-
count several exploits of Achilles, which, as he (Ulysses) was in-
strumental to them, he claims as his own. Telephon. Telephus,
being wounded by the spear of Achilles, was healed with the rust
of the spear that wounded him.-196. JN. peto hæc arma illis armis,
quibus Achilles inventus est.- 198. dolor unius, resentment for
the wrong to Menelaus.'-207. 'I gained a hard cause under a
partial judge.' || tenere causam, 'to gain a cause.'-218. Priamo
Antenora junctum, 'Antenor connected with, related to, Priam.'—
219. rapuere, sc. Helenam.—235. auctore, Jove his adviser.
236. sinat poscat, imperative or permissive forms.
'Let Ajax
not allow this,' i. e. granted that Ajax does not allow this, &c.-
239. JN. hoc non erat nimium loquenti nunquam nisi magna.—264.
nec quod specularer habebam, nor had I (any thing left) to spy
into.'-268. JN. atque ita (ego) victor atque potitus votis ingredior
(castra) curru imitante latos triumphos.-275. A line of proper
names borrowed from Homer, Il. v. 677; by Ovid here, and by
Virgil, Æn. ix. 767.—280. ipso pulcra loco, fair (becoming) from
their very place.'-288. communia, 'common,' belonging to others,
as well as to himself.-290. Actorides, Patroclus, son of Menœ-
tius, and grandson of Actor. -291. ab arsuris cum defensore
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be burnt.'-294. in officio, in offering service.'- 295. vestræ pugnæ, the fight between you two,' i. e. you and Hector.-305. Thetis had begged of Hephæstus (Vulcan) new armour for her son Achilles. Il. xviii.-308. norit, potential, 'could he understand.'-318. pia conjux, his wife Penelope. ·320. si jam nequeo defendere, even if I cannot ward off or refute it.'-324. admiremur, 'be astonished.'-329. pretio objecta patebant,' the charges against him were evidenced by the bribe.'-330. Vulcania Lemnos. The island Lemnos was held peculiarly sacred to Vulcan.~ 331. esse reus, Greek construction for me esse reum, see above, ver. 159. -341. Simois, a river of the Troad, joining the Scamander.343. meo pectore cessante, abl. abs.-350. This line has been regarded as spurious, but it may be understood as allusive to ver. 348, and thus to express confidence that they will come back amicably together. | JN. atque ut copia tui (facta fuerit) mihi, sic copia nostri fiat tibi,' and just as much as you shall be placed in my power, may I be in yours.'-352. Dardanio vate, Helenus, - above, ver. 116. 353. Ulysses had compelled Helenus to disclose the oracles which declared on what the fate of Troy depended.-365. victoria Troja, gen. objecti, victory over Troy.' -367. Tydidem ostentare meum, to point out Tydides (Diomedes) as mine,' i. e. as my abettor, and the person without whom I should be nothing, alluding to ver. 117.—368. pars sua laudis est in illo,' part of the credit in that (action) is his.'-373. moderatior Ajax, the more modest Ajax,' i. e. Ajax Oilei. - 374. Andræmone natus, Thoas. - 375. patria eadem, Crete. - 376. majoris frater Atrida, Menelaus. 383. anteit, here a dissyllable.-389. JN. reddite hunc titulum pensandum nostris meritis, 'bestow on me this distinction to be paid for by my deserts,' i. e. to which my deserts are equivalent.-394. per si quid superest= per id, si quid, &c., or per id, quodcunque, &c.-395. Before si quid in this line, supply per from the preceding.-395. ex præcipiti petendum, to be sought from a precipice,' i. e. from a situation, or under circumstances, of extreme peril.-396. Allusive, perhaps, to his undertaking to get back Philoctetes and the arrows of Hercules. 398. fatale, inasmuch as the fate of Troy depended on it.-405. hoc, ait, utendum est in me mihi, 'this, says he, I must use against myself.' || quique,' and that which.'408. tum demum vulnera passum, then for the first time suffering a wound.'-412. purpureum florem, the hyacinth;' the same flower which had sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, son of Ebalus.414. The lines A on the calix of the hyacinth resemble AI, the first letters of the name of Ajax (Aiac), and the interjection Aï, expressive of the lament for Hyacinthus.

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