IIO indignata malis mens est succumbere seque praestitit invictam viribus usa suis. 105 oblitusque mei ductaeque per otia vitae insolita cepi temporis arma manu occultum stellae conspicuumque polum. iuncta pharetratis Sarmatis ora Getis. tristia, quo possum, carmine fata levo. sic tamen absumo decipioque diem. nec me sollicitae taedia lucis habent, tu curae requies, tu medicina venis. in medioque mihi das Helicone locum. nomen, ab exequiis quod dare fama solet. I 20 iie. pa in war. 106. temporis arma: et meridionalem, qui semper sub tience and hope. horizontem est. 107. Both sorts of experiences 110. The Sarmatae and Getae, are detailed for the reader here who dwelt near the Danube, used and there in the Tristia ; cf. 1, I, the bow and arrow as their special 42 sqq.; 1, 2, etc. weapons 108. occultum conspicu 112. For Ovid's achievements umque: the north polar star and at Tomi cf. Intr. § 39. its neighbors are visible to those 113. referatur ad aures : dwelling in the northern hemi recitationes of Latin poetry were sphere, while those stars near the in vogue at Tomi, and Ovid could south pole are invisible; cf. Hy- only guess what reception his comginus, the astronomer, 1, 6: quod plaints had in Rome. stellae inter polum septentri 122. ab exequiis : only after onalem, qui conspicuus nobis est death'; cf. Prop. 3, 1, 24. no 125 nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor, iniquo ullum de nostris dente momordit opus. non fuit ingenio fama maligna meo, dicor et in toto plurimus orbe legor. protinus ut moriar, non ero, terra, tuus. 130 iure tibi grates, candide lector, ago. 125. cum : concessive. 128. plurimus: used adverbially. 130. ut: concessive. With the thought of the verse cf. Hor. Car. 3, 30, 6 sq.: non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei vitabit Libitinam. 131. carmine : i.e. meritorious poetic achievement as contrasted with mere favore. 132. iure: i.e. I owe them. INDEX OF FIRST LINES PAGE . . 274 Tib. 2, 201 Cat. 73 100 . Cat. 72 I21 2II Arma deus Caesar dites meditatur ad Indos. Prop. 3, 4 282 Prop. 2, 27. 259 Prop. 3, 1 270 Prop. 3, 2 6 177 105 314 Ovid, Trist. I, 3 · 410 363 Tib. 2, 2. 163 Prop. 1,9 219 99 Tib. I, I Prop. 3, 7 290 Tib. 4, 11 196 Prop. 1, 17 227 Cat. 65 69 Prop. 3, 24 322 339 231 217 326 140 192 130 Tib. 4, 8 195 117 261 108 Tib. I, 7 IOI . Cat. 109 Cat. 92 PAGE . . Cat. 93 235 . . Tib. 4, 13 285 . . Lesbia mi praesente viro mala plurima dicit Cat. 83 105 297 318 402 Cat. 101 113 Tib. 4, 6 194 109 207 246 312 Cat. 87 108 197 99 107 Cat. 66 72 Ovid, Am. 2, 16 390 165 Ovid, Am. 2, 6 383 182 243 Prop. 1, 2 204 Prop. 3, 11 303 185 Cat. 82 104 107 Tib. I, 10 Tib. 2, I 154 83 Prop. 3, 25 324 Prop. 4, 6 355 118 196 Prop. 2, II 242 Prop. 2, 10 . 239 400 Tib. 3, 2 . . . |