Sustinuit conjux exsulis esse viri. Filia me mea bis prima fecunda juventa, Sed non ex uno conjuge, fecit avum. Et jam complerat genitor sua fata, novemque Scite, precor, causam (nec vos mihi fallere fas est) Manibus hoc satis est. Ad vos, studiosa, revertor, Jam mihi canities, pulsis melioribus annis, Cum maris Euxini positos ad laeva Tomitas Causa meae cunctis nimium quoque nota ruinae Quid referam comitumque nefas famulosque nocentes? 75 80 85 90 95 100 made acquainted, is not frequently to be met with in classical literature.74. Sustinuit conjux esse, the nominative with the infinitive, by attraction. 78. Lustrum is a space of five years. Ovid's father had therefore reached the age of ninety. 80. Justa, the last honours, тà vóμipa. -88. In Stygio foro. The different arrangements of the infernal regions corresponded, in the fancy of the poets, to those of the actual world: hence there was there also a Forum, in which the novelties of the day were discussed.-92. Quae vitae quaeritis acta meae. We may infer from these words, what is otherwise not improbable, that Ovid wrote this account of his life at the instance of his friends in the city. This seems to be implied also in the word studiosa, to which of course mei is understood.-95. Pisaea vinctus oliva. The Olympian games were celebrated near Pisa in Elis: Twelve times had the horses conquered in Olympia, is equivalent to, ten Olympiads had passed. It is to be observed, however, that Ovid makes the Olympiads equal to the Roman lustra, whereas they were in reality only spaces of four years. Compare Ex Ponto, iv. 6, 5: In Scythia nobis quinquennis Olympias acta est. Taken accurately, Ovid was already in his fifty-second year when he went into exile. 101. Quid referam — Ipsa multa tuli non leviora fuga. Indignata malis mens est succumbere, seque Oblitusque mei ductaeque per otia vitae, 105 Tacta mihi tandem longis erroribus acto 110 Hic ego, finitimis quamvis circumsonor armis, Tristia, quo possum, carmine fata levo. Quod, quamvis nemo est, cujus referatur ad aures, Sic tamen absumo decipioque diem. Ergo, quod vivo durisque laboribus obsto, 115 Nec me sollicitae taedia lucis habent, Nomen, ab exsequiis quod dare fama solet; 120 Nam tulerint magnos cum secula nostra poëtas, 125 Cumque ego praeponam multos mihi, non minor illis Dicor, et in toto plurimus orbe legor. Si quid habent igitur vatum praesagia veri, Protinus ut moriar, non ero, terra, tuus. 130 Sive favore tuli, sive hanc ego carmine famam nocentes. Ovid repeatedly complains of the faithlessness of those about him. So Epist. ex Ponto, ii. 7, 62: Ditata est spoliis perfida turba meis. 103. Indignata est, indignum habuit. 106. Temporis arma, the weapons of my situation; that is, patience and resignation.-108. 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