132. haeret, an haec sit: she doubts if this is it.

133. tremebunda... solum: she sees the trembling limbs beat the bloody soil.

135. exhorruit... instar: she shuddered like the sea.

136. cum summum stringitur: when the surface is grazed (ruffled). 137. Sed... amores: but when, after a while, she recognized her love(r). 138. indignos: innocent; they had done no harm, deserved not such punishment. claro: loud.

141. oscula figens: pressing her lips.

144. vultus... iacentes: lift up your face from the ground.

145. Ad nomen Thisbes: at the name of Thisbe.

Thisbes: Apposi

tive Genitive: 361, 1; A. & G. 214, f; B. 202; H. 396, VI. 146. visa...illa: closed them again when he had seen her.

147. Quae postquam: after she. The Relative with a conjunction is usually to be translated as a Personal Pronoun, or a Demonstrative. 148. ebur the ivory (sheath).

149. Est et... manus: I too have a hand (that is) brave for this one purpose.

150. in: for.

151. Persequar (sc. te): I shall follow you.

152. quique... poteras: and you who, alas! could have been torn from me by death alone.

153. nec: not even.

hoc: Accusa

154. Hoc... rogati: nevertheless be ye asked this thing in the name of us both, let this one request be granted for our sakes. tive of Inner Object retained with the Passive.

meus..

155. O multum miseri: most wretched men; a kind of superlative; multum is adverbial. parentes: my father and his. The regular vocative of meus coming next to its substantive, or separated only by an adjective, is mi.

156. ut...invideatis: clause of Design in apposition with hoc: to permit those whom tested love, whom the last hour has joined together, to be laid to rest in the same tomb. non is used as negative of single word. 158. At tu... arbor: and thou, O tree, who now with thy branches. 160. pullosque... fetus: and always keep thy fruit dark and suitable for mourning.

162. aptato mucrone: placing the point; Ablative Absolute.

163. ferro: upon the sword; Dative with prep. in composition.

164. Vota tetigere: her prayers moved.

166. quodque... superest: and what survives the funeral pyre; that is, the ashes of the two lovers.

7. PERSEUS AND ATLAS.

MET. IV.-631. Hic: here; in the far west. mankind, a rare use of the Partitive Genitive.

governed by prae in composition.

hominum cunctis: all

cunctis is Dative

632. Iapetionides: the son of Iapetus, who was one of the giants. 633. rege sub hoc: under him as king, under his sway.

etc.: that is, the Atlantic.

pontus,

anhelis: panting, goes with equis. They

were tired at the end of the day's journey.

634. aequora subdit: places its waters beneath, spreads its expanse to greet.

axes: chariot.

635. illi: for him, belonging to him.

636. humum... premebant: no neighbors hemmed in his land; Plural verb with collective subject: 211, R. 1; A. & G. 205, c, 1; B. 254, 4, a; H. 461, I.

637. nitentes: goes with frondes.

638. ex auro: of gold: aureos.

639. seu... sive: if . . . or if.

640. generis: goes with gloria.

641. rerum of deeds, of achievements.

643. sortis: oracle.

644. quo: when.

645. hunc praedae titulum: the glory of this booty.

Iove natus :

a son of Jupiter. Hercules, the great-grandson of Perseus, was meant. 646. pomaria clauserat: had enclosed the apple-orchard.

647. dederat servanda : 430; A. & G. 294, d; B. 337, 7, 2; H. 544, 2, n. 2. 649. ne: lest.

650. quam mentiris: which thou falsely claimest.

longe absit: be

far off, that is, be unable to help thee. Compare Her. xII. 53. 652. fortia (sc. dicta): brave words.

653. Viribus in strength. Ablative of Respect.

654. parvi... est: my friendship is lightly esteemed by thee. parvi: Gen, of Price.

655. laeva a parte: on his left side.

656. retroversus: turning backward; to keep from seeing the horrible face of the Gorgon, which turned all beholders into stone.

657. Quantus Atlas: the whole, immense Atlas was changed into a mountain.

658. iuga... manusque: his shoulders and arms form the ridge. 660. tum... inmensum: then increasing in every direction, he grew to an immense size.

662. in illo: on him. The myth, as usual, is mixed and inconsistent with itself. It was as a living giant that Atlas supported the heavens on his shoulders. Once, in later times, Hercules took his place for a short

time.

8. CERES AND PROSERPINA.

MET. V. 385. Hennaeis moenibus: Henna was a city of Sicily. 386. nomine: Ablative of Respect.

altae aquae: Genitive of QualCaystros: Nominative,

389. ut velo: as with an awning; a great sail-cloth protecting the spectators at the theatre. submovet: wards off.

Acc. Plural.

390. Tyrios: that is, purple, bright-colored.

391. Quo luco: in this grove; poetical omission of in. 393. puellari studio: with girlish zeal.

ictus: rays; :

calathos: baskets.

legendo :

dilecta: loved.

394. aequales: her companions, those of her own age. in gathering (the flowers); Abl. of Respect.

395. paene simul: almost at the same time. Diti: by Dis (Pluto); Dat. of Agent. Dis (the Wealthy) was the god of the lower regions, the god of all the dead. Compare Cic. N. D. 11, 26: Dives, ut apud Graecos IIλoúrwv, quia et recidant omnia in terras, et

oriantur e terris.

396. usque adeo: to such a degree. sorrowful voice calls upon.

...

398. summa ab ora: from the upper edge.

401. haec quoque: even this.

maesto ore clamat: with

virgineum the virgin's.

402. nomine... vocatos: calling each by name.

403. per over.

404. ferrugine: with the color of iron-rust.

406. Palicorum: the Palici were twin brothers, local gods.

.terra: boiling up in a cleft of the earth.

407. qua: where.

rupta

Bacchiadae: a prominent family banished from

Corinth, founders of Syracuse.

408. inaequales: of the two ports of Syracuse, one was much the larger.

438. nequiquam: in vain.

matri: Dat. of Agent.

est quaesita:

439. terris, profundo: Ablatives of Place Where.

was sought.

440. illam: that is, Ceres.

441. cessantem: loitering.

442. succendit ab: kindled at.

443. inrequieta: without resting.

444. hebetarat: had dimmed.

445. ab occasu ad ortus: from west to east; over the whole world.

462. per: over.

erraverit Subjunctive in Indirect Question.

463. dicere...est: it would take too long to tell. For the mood, see 254, R. 1; A. & G. 311, c; B. 271, 1, b; H. 476, 5.

475. nec dignas: and unworthy.

476. Trinacriam: that is, Sicily. It was so called by the Greeks on account of its three promontories. Compare Fast. IV. 420 :

Terra tribus scapulis vastum procurrit in aequor

Trinacris, a positu nomen adepta loci.

There Ovid repeats this story of Proserpina.

477. saeva manu fregit: she broke with ruthless hand.

478. irata in her wrath; participle from irascor.

to like destruction.

colonos: the husbandmen.

parili leto (Dat.):

480. fallere depositum: not to return what had been deposited, to make vitiata fecit: corrupted.

default.

481. vulgata famed.

482. falsa iacet: proves deceptive.

484. sideraque: it was thought that the stars influenced the crops. Notice the quantity of que (diastolé): 721; A. & G. 359, ƒ; B. 367, 2; H. 608, v.

485. iacta: sown.

lolium... gramen: tares, thistles, and unconfatigant lit. weary.

querable grass choke the wheat crops. 487. Eleis undis: from the Elean waters. The River Alpheus was supposed to have flowed in an underground stream from Elis in Greece and to have emerged again in Sicily. Alpheïas the nymph Arethusa, who, in fleeing from the river-god Alpheus, was changed into a fountain, but was pursued by him to Sicily.

488. removit pushed back.

489. orbe: Abl. of Place Where; the prep. is generally omitted with totus: 388; A. & G. 258, f, 2; B. 228, 1, b; H. 425, 2.

491. neve violenta irascere: and be not violently enraged. 492. patuit invita: opened unwillingly.

493. hospita: as a stranger.

rapinae: Dative.

497. hanc... serva: this is my home; spare it, most gracious goddess. 500. cura levata: relieved of your trouble.

Separation.

cura: is Ablative of

504. Stygio gurgite labor: I was gliding along the Stygian water.

506. neque adhuc: and not yet.

509. ceu saxea: as if turned to stone.

vultu Ablative of Respect.

Utque... amentia :

nubila: cloudy,

510. attonitae similis: like one thunderstruck.

and when her great bewilderment was driven away by her great grief. 512. in aetherias oras: into the heavenly regions.

gloomy, threatening.

vultu: Ablative of Respect.

513. invidiosa: a figure to stir indignation; her appearance was calculated to arouse the wrath of Jupiter against the offending Pluto.

passis capillis: with dishevelled hair.

515. Si... matris: if the mother finds no grace.

516. neu... partu: and I beg that you have not less regard for her because she was born of my labor.

520. scire... eam: you call knowing where she is, finding her. Iler capture I will forgive, provided he returns her.

522. digna est: deserves.

523. pignus onusque: pledge and care.

525. non... factum: this deed is not an injury. 526. pudori: a disgrace; Dative For Which. 527. tu modo velis: if you will only consent. if everything else be wanting.

266, c; B. 308; H. 515, III.

Ut desint cetera: even

ut is Concessive: 608; A. & G.

528. Quid quod: what (do you say to) the fact that; loosely, but.

529. cedit: yields, is inferior.

sorte the three brothers Jupiter,

Neptune, and Pluto drew lots for their kingdoms.

530. discidii: of separating them; Objective Genitive. 531. lege certa: with the express condition.

532. sic cautum est: this proviso is made. 533. Cereri certum est: Ceres is determined.

534. ieiunia: her fast; Accusative Plural. 535. simplex thoughtlessly.

536. Poeniceum pomum: a pomegranate.

537. sumptaque... grana: and taking seven seeds from the yellow rind. 564. medius: between, as intercessor between.

565. ex aequo equally.

568. Vertitur... oris: the character of her disposition and features is changed immediately.

569. quae: the antecedent is frons: forehead, face.

570. ut: as when. In this myth Proserpina represents the vegetation, the annuals which disappear in winter.

9. DAEDALUS AND ICARUS.

MET. VIII.-183. Daedalus, famous for his skill, had built for King Minos of Crete the Labyrinth to enclose the Minotaur. hating, loathing.

184. loci natalis: of his native land; Objective Genitive.

perosus:

185. Terras... illac: though he blocks my way by land and sea, yet the sky at least is open. We will go that way.

187. possideat: Concessive: 264; A. & G. 266, c; B. 308; H. 515, III. 188. dimittit in: turns to.

189. naturam novat: changes nature. She had not intended man to fly.

pennas: feathers.

190. a minima... sequenti: beginning with the smallest and increasing