90. decor, i. e. nothing but ornament.

93. qui, sc. eo, i. e. Neptune.

97. novena, used here for the cardinal number: his shield was composed of ten thicknesses of hide.

100. apertum, exposed.

102. circo, i. e. the arena of the amphitheatre.

104. elusa... sensit, perceived that his blow had missed; i. e. the red cloth, held out to excite the bull, gave way when he plunged against it.

106. manus, i. e. not the weapon.

108. Lyrnesia, he had captured the city Lyrnesos in Mysia. 109. Tenedon, Tenedos, a small island off the coast of Troy. 110. Thebas, a city of Mysia, ruled by king Eetion, father of Andromache.

III. Caycus, a river of Mysia, where he wounded Telephus, son of Hercules, and afterwards healed him by the application of rust from his spear.

112. opus, efficacy: once in the wound, and once in the healing. 115. ante actis, what he had done before.

121. in hoc, in respect to this one, i. e. Cygnus.

127. sanguis: final is in this word was originally long.

130. cavari, indented.

131. lædi, blunted.

132. retecto, pulling off, i. e. the shield of Cygnus.

137. aversos, turned away, i. e. from the direction in which he was going = as he went backwards.

141. vincla, bands. — subdita, bound beneath.

XIX. RIVALRY OF AJAX AND ULYSSES.

XIII. 1. vulgi corona, a ring of the common soldiers.

Sigeia, from Sigēum, the

3. impatiens, unable to control. north-western promontory of Asia Minor, east of which were the Grecian camp and fleet.

5. agimus, plead.

7. Hectoreis flammis: when Hector attempted to burn the Grecian fleet, Ajax almost alone withstood him.

10. promptum, easy.

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15. nox, i. e. such exploits as carrying off the Palladium from the citadel of Troy.

16. demit honorem, i. e. because of the inferiority of his rival. 17. superbum, a matter of boasting: however great the prize, that one like Ulysses could aspire to it lowers its value.

20. feretur, he will have the reputation.

22. nobilitate, high birth.

24. litora Colcha: he was one of the Argonauts.

25. huic, Telamon: Æacus, king of Ægina, was one of the judges of the infernal regions, with Minos and Rhadamanthus.

26. Æoliden: Sisyphus was son of Æolus. He is mentioned here because many believed Ulysses to be his son. Like Ulysses, he was notorious for his trickery."

31. frater, equivalent here to cousin.

33. inserit, etc.: foists upon the family of Eacus names of another race.

34. indice: this is explained by what follows.

36. ultima, i. e. at the very last moment.

39. Naupliades: Palamedes, son of Nauplius, who detected Ulysses' pretence of insanity, by laying the latter's infant son, Telemachus, in front of the plough which he was holding; upon which he turned the plough aside, thus confessing his sanity.

45. Pœantia proles, Philoctetes, who was wounded with an arrow while on the way to Troy, and by advice of Ulysses left behind on the island of Lemnos.

48. precaris, with dative, imprecate upon.

50. nobis, with us, following eadem (§ 234. a; G. 356).

51. sagittæ Herculis, sée IX. 233.

54. debita, etc., the oracle had declared that Troy could not be taken except with the aid of the arrows of Hercules.

58. male, unfortunately: Palamedes was put to death by the Greeks on a false charge of treason brought by Ulysses out of revenge.

64. desertum: this was once when the Greeks were fleeing before Hector.

69. corripuit, upbraided.

79. lǎtē, from lateo (the adverb is lātē).

86. resupinum fudi, threw down on his back.

91. Jovemque, i. e. the favor of Jove.

94. reditūs, genitive.— tot agrees with navibus.

98. Rhesum: Rhesus and Dolon were killed by Ulysses and Diomedes upon the nightly expedition in which they captured

the soothsayer Helenus, and the Palladium, or ancient image of Pallas.

100. Diomede: Diomedes was the bravest of the Greeks next to Achilles and Ajax; he accompanied Ulysses upon his nocturnal expedition.

103. quo, etc., to what purpose bestow these on Ulysses?

107. Dulichius: the island Dulichius belonged to Ulysses.

109. Pelias, see note XII. 74; the final ǎs shows that it is a feminine patronymic.

114. erit, sc. causa.

- 130. potior is here 3d conj.

131. non æqua, envious.

134. per quem, see 7. 162 and following.

135. huic, Ajax : he was not renowned for intellect.

139. bona, good qualities or advantages.

145. damnatus: Telamon, father of Ajax, had killed his brother, and was banished for the crime.

146. Cyllenius: an epithet of Mercury, from his birthplace, Mt. Cyllene; it is in apposition with nobilitas. Ulysses' mother Anticlea was granddaughter of Mercury.

151. Peleus was father of Achilles.

156. Phthia was the home of Peleus, Scyros of Pyrrhus.

157. isto, i. e. Ajax.

159. nudum, merely.

162. genetrix Nereia: Thetis, mother of Achilles, was daughter of Nereus.

163. cultu: he wore female dress.

165. mercibus, wares; he was disguised as a peddler.

169. Pergama: this was the citadel of Troy.

173. Lesbon, etc., places captured by Achilles. 179. illis armis, in recompense for those arms.

180. dederam of course not these special arms, I had

armed him living.

181. unius, i. e. Menelaus, at the loss of his wife.

187. in rege, while still a king.

190. tenui causam, gained my case.

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iniquo, prejudiced.

192. summa sceptri = summa imperii.

193. matrem: Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon: she afterwards murdered him, in revenge for the sacrifice of her daughter. astu: Ulysses pretended that Iphigenia was to be married to Achilles.

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198. adhuc, i. e. it was at the beginning of the siege.-egi, pleaded.

199. communis Græcia, the Greek confederacy.

200. prædam: Paris had carried off treasures besides the bride.

201. junctum: he had married a sister of Hecuba, wife of Priam.

203. nefandas: because the person of an ambassador was sacred in antiquity, as now.

204. prima lux, predicate.—nostri tecum, ours and thine

our common.

207. acies primas, the first engagements.

217. rex, Agamemnon; ille refers to the same.

218. auctore = Jove.

219. sinat, ironical; Ajax, I suppose, &c.

220. ituros, i. e. as they start to return to Greece.

221. dat, i. e. some example or command.

222. nimium, i. e. to undertake. — magna loquenti, a boaster. 226. captam, i. e. as good as captured.

230. Atrides, Agamemnon, son of Atreus.

233. Thersites, a snarling, misshapen fellow in the Grecian host, who was fond of wrangling with the leaders. — etiam, etc., that it did not go unpunished was due to me likewise.

237. dantem terga, turning his back.

238. petit, i. e. in friendship.

242. sors: this refers to the nocturnal expedition of Ulysses

and Diomedes; see v. 98.

243. sic tamen, even under these circumstances.

247. quod specularer, any object to act the spy.

251. votis, my wish; obj. of potitus.

252. imitante, like. — triumphos: the Roman triumphal procession was a type of splendid pomp.

253. cujus, sc. ejus, limiting arma; Dolon had demanded the horses of Achilles as a reward, in case of success.

254. benignior, refers to the offer of Ajax, v. 102.

255. Sarpedonis: Sarpedon had been wounded and repulsed, and then Ulysses slew his comrades.—257. -que, scan as long. 263. ipso loco, i. e. the breast.

267. sanguinis limits nil.

268. refert, not from refero.

271. meum, my way. communia, the credit of all.

273. Actorides, notice the position; it was Actorides that, &c.

274. cum defensore : i. e. their defender (Ajax) was destined to be burned with them.

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275. marti prœlio.

277. nonus, with eight others; not after eight others, but indicating that he was but one of the nine. - munere, favor: he was selected not for his valor, but by lot (II. vii. 182).

288. cærula: referring to Thetis being a sea-nymph. brought to her son arms wrought by Hephæstus (Vulcan). 290. pectore, taste: Ajax was merely a rude soldier.

291. norit, understand.

293. immunem, who never touches.

She

298. Achilli: he, too, had stayed away from the war until forced to go.

307. digna pudore: i. e. that you should be ashamed of. 311. in illo, in his case.

312. objecta, sc. crimina, laid to him. — pretio, abl. of means, with patebant.

313. Vulcania: Lemnos was a volcanic island, sacred to Vulcan.

326. pectore, intellect.

332. mihi, sc. fuit: as I have had power over thee.

334. faveat, sc. dummodo.

335. Dardanio vate, i. e. Helenus, see v. 99.

336. responsa, i. e. those given by Helenus.

337. signum, the Palladium.

339. illis, i. e. Helenus and the Palladium. 341. hic, on such occasions as these.

348. Troja, over Troy.

350. desine: Ajax has pointed to Diomedes (son of Tydeus), to indicate that all the credit of the achievement belongs to him. 351. est sua, belongs to him.

modestior: Ajax the less was son of

357. Eurypylus: he and Thoas (son of Andræmon) were two Grecian leaders. Idomeneus of Crete was a famous chief, also Meriones, and Menelaus, son of Atreus.

368. nostro, i. e. the human.

370. vigili, watchman.

372. titulum, mark of honor.

373. labor, i. e. of the siege.

376. ademi, this again refers to the Palladium. 379. fatis, destruction. — restare, still remains.