240. perire: what construction would be usual in prose?

241. Erinys, properly the Greek name of the divinity that inflicts vengeance for violated law, but here signifying the instigator of crime (Virg. Æn. vii. 324).

242. putes, you might suppose (§ 311. a; G. let them pay (§ 266; G.

sc. homines. - dent

§ 93. a.

243. stat, is fixed.

=

244. frementi, sc. ei.

252). — jurasse,

256). — ocius,

245. partes, their part, as members of the council. - adiciunt, i. e. they spur him already excited. — assensibus, opposed to voce, the first part made speeches, the second only assented (assentior), as was the custom in the Roman Senate.

246. jactura, destruction: the image is from the casting of goods overboard in a storm at sea. dolori (§ 233; G. 350), a cause of grief.

247. mortalibus (abl. of separation) orbæ, bereft of men. 249. populandas, § 294. d; G. 431.

250. quærentes, sc. eos, object of vetat. enim he forbids them to tremble, for the rest [he says] shall be his care. sibi, emphatic.

254. sacer, i. e. as the abode of the gods.

256. adfore tempus, etc., subj. of esse, following reminiscitur. — in fatis: the Destinies were above the gods themselves. 257. correpta, sc. flammis.

258. mundi moles operosa, the fabric of the world wrought with toil. - laboret, be endangered. The doctrine, perhaps borrowed from the East, belongs to the stories of periodic conflagrations of the world.

259. manibus with fabricata.

262. Æoliis antris, the caves of Eolus (compare Virgil, Æn. ii. 52–63). — Aquilonem: the north-west wind, bringing (in Italy) cold and dry weather.

265. tectus vultum, wrapping his face (§ 240. c, N. ; G. 332, R2). 267. sinus, folds, or rounded outline of the clouds, which represent his garments.

268. nubila, mists; nimbi, storm-clouds. ut pressit : the ancients thought that thunder was caused by the clashing of the clouds.

270. colores, § 240. c, N.; G. 332, R2.

I. 236-321.] I. The Creation and the Flood.

197

271. alimenta nubibus adfert: as if the rainbow were a pathway for the waters. Compare "the sun drawing water."

273. vota, i. e. the crops, object of their vows.

274. cælo suo: the heavens were the especial realm of Jupiter. 275. cæruleus frater, Neptune.

279. domos, i. e. the hollows and clefts which are the home of the waters. — mole, dike.

281. ora relaxant, i. e. take from their mouth the pressure of the curb. The figure of horses is kept through the three lines. 284. vias aquarum: compare the expression, "The fountains of the great deep were broken up.” — intremuit, quaked. — motu, i.e. motus terræ, earthquake.

286. satis (part. of sero), the crops.

287. sacris, i. e. the altar, statues, &c., belonging to the penetralia. — suis, refers to penetralia.

289. hujus, limiting culmen. 290. pressæ, submerged.

292. deerant, dissyllable.

293. hic, alter, one, another. cymba, loc. ablative.

294. illic ubi, on the very spot where.

295. villæ, farmhouse.

303. agitata, i. e. so as to make them shake.

305. fulminis: the tusks of the wild boar are often compared to the thunderbolt for speed, power, and gleaming.

306. ablato, swept away.

310. novi, strange to them.

311. quibus: the antecedent is illos. 312. inopi victu, with lack of food.

313. Aonios, Baotian. Phocis lay between Boeotia and the mountain range of Eta, which separates it from Thessaly.

316. verticibus duobus: this is not correct. Parnassus has only one chief peak; but there are two spurs renowned in the worship of Dionysus (Bacchus), and having the Castalian fount between them. This has occasioned the error.

318. Deucalion, son of Prometheus, and father of Hellen, the eponym of the Hellenes (Greeks). — hic ubi adhæsit, while he clung to this.

320. Corycidas: Corycus was a grotto sacred to the nymphs, on the slopes of Parnassus. The numina montis are the Muses. 321. Themin (§ 64, Ex. 4): Themis, goddess of justice, was daughter of Uranus. She presided over the oracle of Delphi, which afterwards belonged to Apollo.

323. metuentior deorum, more reverent to the gods. 324. ut videt, when he sees.

325. modo, but just now, qualifying tot.

328. disjecit, rent asunder. — aquilone, compare v. 262. 330. tricuspide telo, trident.

331. supra profundum, sc. mare, construed with exstantem, which agrees with Tritona. Compare Virgil, Æn. i. 144.

332. innato murice: Triton here appears, like Glaucus, overgrown with shell-fish and seaweed. He was a sea-god, son of Neptune, and is represented as blowing on a conch-shell.

335. bucina tortilis, "the winding horn," a spiral shell. — illi, dat. of agency (§ 232. b; G. 352, R).

336. crescit, broadens.

top).

337. aera, his breath.

- turbine, mouthpiece (shaped like a

338. sub utroque Phœbo, the rising and the setting sun.

339. dei, Triton.

340. contigit, sc. bucina.

346. diem:

=

moram. — nudata, bared (of waves).

349. agere, keep.

352. patruelis orīgo : Deucalion was son of Prometheus; Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. Prometheus and Epimetheus were brothers, sons of Iapetus.

354. terrarum turba, the whole throng of earth. ortus, the setting and the rising sun.

occasus et

356. hæc fiducia, i. e. such confidence as we have now. 359. animi, feelings, limiting quid, above. — miseranda, vocative. — erepta, rescued.

360. quo consolante (abl. abs.) = who would console thee in grief?

362. paternis artibus: i. e. by the skill of Prometheus, who fashioned man of clay, and bestowed upon him fire stolen from the sky.

365. genus restat mortale, the human race survives.

366. exempla, i. e. the only specimens. - sortes, lots; here put for any mode of consulting the divine will.

369. Cephisidas: the Cephisus was a river of Boeotia. It means they went to Delphi by crossing the Cephisus.

370. ut... sic, though · yet. The deluge had not so far subsided as to let them flow quietly as a stream, but yet enough for them to recognize their old channels. —nondum liquidas, nvi yet clear.

I. 323-414.] 1. The Creation and the Flood.

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371. inde, from this, i. e. the river. — libatos, tasted, and so taken up. It was necessary for them to purify themselves with water before consulting the oracle. — inroravēre, had sprinkled. 373. turpi, ill-looking.

374. pallebant: describing the dulness of mould and moss, rather than their color.

377. precibus justis, at the prayers of the just.

380. mersis rebus = our misfortunes from the flood.

381. sortem, strictly an Italian oracle written on a wooden tablet, but put for any response.

383. magnæ parentis, of your great mother.

387. lædere, to offend.

388. repetunt secum, they revolve apart.

389. inter se volutant, discuss together.

390. Promethiades: this patronymic recalls the prophetic gift of his father Prometheus (-ades and -is are the masculine and feminine patronymic forms).

391. fallax, etc. = my skill fails me.

392. pia agrees with oracula.

394. ossa reor dici, I think that stones, &c., are meant by bones.

395. augurio, i. e. interpretation.

Titania: Epimetheus and

his brother were Titans ; i. e. of the elder race of nature-divinities.

404. quædam forma, something (it is true) of the form of man,

yet, &c.

405. cœpto, sc. fingi.

406. rudibus signis, statues in the rough.

412. traxēre, put on.

413. femina, womankind.

414. experiens, doomed to endure.

II. THE Adventure OF PHAETHON.

1. Regia, sc. domus, palace.

2. pyropo, "fire-face," a mixture of gold and copper. 3. cujus limits fastigia.

4. valvæ, double doors, opening to each side.

5. Mulciber, a name of Vulcan, from the softening by fire (mulcendo) of the metal which he wrought.

6. medias cingentia, embracing.

8. cæruleos: the sea-gods are dark blue, the color of the canorum: the horn of Triton, representing the roaring

waters.

of the blast.

9. ambiguum: Proteus had the power of changing his form at will. See Virg. G. iv. 441, 2:—

Omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum,

Ignemque horribilemque feram fluviumque liquentem.

10. lacertis: Ægæon (Briareus) was represented with a hundred arms. The notion was possibly derived from the monster cuttle-fish described by sailors in hot latitudes.

II. Dorida: Doris is the wife of Nereus and mother of the

Nereids, or ocean-nymphs.

12. in mole, upon a massy rock.

14. qualem, sc. sed talis.

15. terra, i. e. as carved in relief on the palace-walls.

18. signa, the signs of the Zodiac.

19. quo, whither.—acclivo limite, up the steep pathway.

20. dubitati, because his descent from the sun-god had been denied by Epaphus (see Introd.).

22. neque ferebat, could not bear.

24. Phoebus (see i. 11), a name of Apollo, here used for the Sun.

26. Horæ, usually in mythology the Seasons, but here in the usual prose sense of Hours.

28. nuda, because the flowers have withered.

29. calcatis, trampled in the wine-vat.

30. capillos, Greek accusative (§ 240. c; G. 332).

31. paventem: this word refers to the outward signs of fear, — paleness, trembling, &c.

33. -que connects ait with the preceding.

34. progenies, voc.

edged.

haud infitianda=worthy to be acknowl