PREFATORY NOTE THIS book is prepared for the use of Freshmen in Harvard College by their instructors in Latin. The brief notes on the various selections, intended to help and stimulate the student in his private study, will be supplemented by general lectures and by the usual instruction of the class-room. The chapter on Logaoedic Verse and the notes to Ennius and Horace were written by Dr. M. H. MORGAN; the notes to Phaedrus, Martial, and Seneca, by Dr. A. A. HOWARD; to Ovid, by Dr. R. C. MANNING; and to Catullus and Tibullus, by Dr. M. W. MATHER. CAMBRIDGE, October, 1897. ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS USED IN THE NOTES. Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar. History of Roman Literature. By C. T. Cruttwell. Introduction to the Verse of Terence. By H. W. Hayley. Latin Literature. By J. W. Mackail. Horace and the Elegiac Poets. By W. Y. Sellar. 3d edition. The Roman Poets of the Republic. By W. Y. Sellar. 2d edition. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 3d edition. An asterisk signifies that a passage so marked is required to be read by the student. When two or more passages are preceded by a brace, the student may choose between them. ENNIUS. ANNALS. 1. Ilia's Dream. Excita cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, talia tum memorat lacrumans, exterrita somno: Eurydica prognata, pater quam noster amavit, vires vitaque corpus meum nunc deserit omne. 5 Nam me visus homo pulcher per amoena salicta et ripas raptare locosque novos. Ita sola postilla, germana soror, errare videbar tardaque vestigare et quaerere te neque posse corde capessere semita nulla pedem stabilibat. 10 Exim compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis: 'o gnata, tibi sunt ante ferendae aerumnae, post ex fluvio fortuna resistet'. Haec ecfatus pater, germana, repente recessit nec sese dedit in conspectum corde cupitus, 15 quamquam multa manus ad caeli caerula templa tendebam lacrumans et blanda voce vocabam. Vix aegro cum corde meo me somnus reliquit”. 2. Romulus and Remus taking the Auspices. Curantes magna cum cura tum cupientes regni dant operam simul auspicio augurioque. Hinc Remus auspicio se devovet atque secundam |