pledge. 129. Sidonius hospes the Sidonian stranger; i e. Cadmus. Sidon was the chief city of Phoenicia. — 130. Quum urbem when he built the city commanded by the oracle of Phoe bus. See on v. 103. = = = - THE STORY OF BACCHUS AND THE SAILORS. [vv. 582-691.] Pentheus, king of Thebes, was the son of Echion and Agave, daughter of Cadmus. He endeavored to prevent his sudjects from paying divine honors to Bacchus; and, while the Theban women were celebrating the orgies of the god, he ordered his servants to seize the pretended deity and bring him before him. They cannot find Bacchus, but return with Acoetes, one of his priests. Pentheus is enraged, and threatens to kill Acoetes, but bids him first tell his story; which he does in the extract here given. 582. Mẹtu. Gr. 399. 5. 3). A. & S. 250. 2 (1). Mihi. Gr. 387. A. & S. 226 and R. 1. – 583. Maeonia: Maeonian; usually = Ly. dian, but here = Tyrrhenian, or Etrurian. The Lydians are said to have colonized Etruria. — 584. The order in prose would be: Pater mihi arva non reliquit quae duri juvenci colerent. On colerent, see Gr. 500. A. & S. 264, R. 5. — 586. Lino. Gr. 414. 4 A. & S. 247. 3. So hamis and calamo.-587. Ducere to draw out. -588. Illi. See on mihi, v. 582. Census wealth, estate. Cf. Hor. C. II. 15. 13. Traderet. Gr. 518. II. 1. A. & S. 263, R. 2. – 589. Studii = of my employment, or trade, — 591. Paternum my patrimony. -592. Haererem. Gr. 491. A. &. S. 262 and R. 5. Isdem iisdem. Gr. p. 61, foot-note, and 669. II. A. & S. 306 (1). 593, 594. Addidici regimen... flectere = I learned also to turn the helm. Carinae = of the ship. Gr. 705. III. A. & S. 324 3.594. Oleniae Capellae of the Olenian goat. The goat Amalthea, which suckled Jupiter, was rewarded by being placed among the stars, on the shoulder of Auriga, the Charioteer. It was called Olenian, from the town Olenus, in Achaia (or, as some say, from the town of the same name in Aetolia), near which it was born. Pluviale; because its rising was in the rainy season. — 595. Taygeten; one of the Pleiades, "the Seven Stars" in the constellation Taurus. They were daughters of Atlas (hence called Atlantides), and are said to have been changed into stars on account of their grief at the death of their sisters, the Hyades, or at the fate of their father. Hyadas = the Hyades, five (or seven) sisters of the Pleiades, forming another familiar group in the same constellation, placed there by Jupiter in compassion for their grief at the death of their brother Hyas. They are called pluviae by Virgil, A. I. 744, III. 516, and tristes by Horace, C. I. 3. 14. The fables concerning the Pleiades and the Hyades are many and various. Arcton = the Bear. See on II. 132 and 171, and cf. Virgil, G. I. 138. Taygeten, = = Hyadas, and Arcton are Greek forms. So Delon, v. 597. — 596. Domos; i. e. the quarters of the sky from which they come. Cf. Virgil, G. I. 371. Puppibus=ships. See on v. 593. See also Gr. 391. I. A. & S. 222, R. 1.-597. Delon = Delos; an island in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades (see on II. 264), famous as the birth-place of Apollo and Diana, and as one of the chief seats of their worship. It was also a great commercial centre. Chiae telluris = Chios; one of the largest and most noted of the islands in the Aegean. 598. Litora. Gr. 374. 6. A. & S. 233 (1). Remis. Gr. 414 4. A. & S. 247. 3. — 599. Do saltus = salio, as dedit sonitum, v. 37 = sonuit. Arenae. Gr. 386. A. & S. 224. 601, 602. Laticesque — admoneo and I order my crew to take in fresh water. Gr. 558. VI. and 3. A. & S. 2 and (b). Ducat. Gr. 500. A. & S. 264. 5. springs, or fountains, whence the supply was to be got. aura promittat=what the wind may promise; i. e. = = 218, R. 2; 273. Undas the 603. Quid what weather -610. Pos to expect. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. - 607. Forma. Gr. 428. A. & S. 211, R. 6. — 608. Mero. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 247. I (1). — 609. Vix= with difficulty. Cultum=dress. set. Gr. 501. I. A. & S. 264. 7. — 612. Sit. See on v. 603. · 613. Faveas. Gr. 488. I. and 2. A. & S. 260, R. 6. Laboribus. Gr. 385. A. & S. 223, R. 2. —614. His to these; i. e. the sailors who had seized him. Mitte = cease. — 615. Quo. Gr. 417. A. & S. 256. 2. Conscendere. Gr. 552. 3. A. & S. 270, R. I (a).-616. Ocior. Gr. 166. A. & S. 126. 1. —617. Prorae tutela=proreta; who had charge of the fore-part of the ship. — 618. Qui-remis who with his voice kept time (or marked time) for the rowers. He is called animorum hortator, because by his singing he cheered them in their labor. — 621. Violari. Gr. 551. II. 1. A. & S. 273. 4 (a). Pinum. Cf. I. 95. 622. Mihi. See on v. 582. Juris of authority. 625. Exsilium-luebat =was paying the penalty of exile for a dreadful murder.-626. Mihi. Gr. 398. 5. A. & S. 211, R. 5 (1). Pugno. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3.-627. Rupit struck violently. Excussum ; sc. navi, from the ship. Misisset. Gr. 510. A. & S. 261. I. Si non nisi; which would be required in prose. — 628. Amens : senseless, stunned. = = 629. Bacchus; the son of Jupiter and Semele, and the god of wine, which he invented and taught men to make. -630, 631. Solutus sit. Gr. 503. II. and 506. A. & S. 263. 2 (1). A mero= from the wine; i. e. from intoxication. Gr. 705. II. A. & S. 324. 2. -632, 633. Qua ope- by what means. 634. Proreus; i. e. Melanthus. See v. 617 and note. It is the subject of dixit.-635. Velis. See on v. 603. Terra-petita = you shall be landed on = Gr. - 640. Nutu. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. Aure in aurem. — -644. Capiet dixi: Capiat, etc. Gr. 488. I. A. & S. 260, some one else. 645. Ministerio. Gr. 425. 2. Artis the fraud; but some consider it = the desired shore. Gr. 422. 1. 2). A. & S. 254, R. 3. — 636. Naxon= Naxos; an island in the Aegean, the largest of the Cyclades, famed for its fertility, its wines, its marble, and one of the chief seats of the worship of Bacchus. Cf. Virg. A. III. 125. Gr. 379. 3. 2). A. & S. 237, R. 5 (6). Liber; a name often given to Bacchus, probably from liberare, and = he who frees from care. - 637. Mihi. See on v. 582. Vobis. Gr. 391. 1. A. & S. 222, R. 1. — - 638. Fallaces; sc. nautae. 639. Sic fore = that so it shall be. 297. III. 2; 551. I. A. & S. 154, R. 3; 272. Dare. Gr. 551. IL and I. A. & S. 273. 2 (d). Carinae. See on v. 593Dextera = on the right. Gr. 148. 3. 1). A. & S. 106. Dextra; sc. manu to the right hand. Some editors give dextra (abl.) instead of dextera. The vessel was bound from Chios to Delos (see v. 597), and Naxos lay to the right of its course. — 641, 642. Quis — tenet. The order of translation is: ". Quis te furor tenet, Acoete?" pro se quisque inquit. Some read: " Quis te furor"—, inquit Opheltes, "Pro se quisque timet: laevam pete!" making quis te furor -, an instance of aposiopesis. See Gr. 704. I. 3. A. & S. 324- 33. The passage is probably corrupt. 3.643. Velit. See on v. 603. atque . . . dixi R. 6. Aliquis: 2). A. & S. 251. office. Cf. Virgil, A. II. 106. 647. Scilicet forsooth; marking the irony. Gr. 705. IV. A. & S. 324. 4. -649. Naxo. Gr. 431. A. & S. 257. Petit diversa (sc. loca) etc. he steers in a different direction, leaving Naxos; i. e. the way to Naxos. - 651. Senserit. Gr. 503. II.; 506. A. & S. 263. 2 (1). — 653. Mihi. Gr. 388. 3. A. & S. 225. II. — 655. Fallitis. Gr. 508. A. & S. 261, R. 1. — 656. Lacrimas. Gr. 371. 3. 1). A. & S. 232 (2) and N. 1. — 658. Per. The separation of the preposition from the accusative is very common in oaths. Praesentior more present; i. e. of more immediate power, either to reward or punish. Cf. Virg. E. I. 42. Illo. See on quo, v. 615. — 659, 660. Tam — fide = that I am telling you things as true as they are incredible; or, as they surpass what one would believe to be true. Aequore. Gr. 422. 1. 2). A. & S. 254, R. 3.661. Siccum navale: = a dry dock. The ships of the ancients, when not in use, were drawn up on shore. Teneret. Gr. 503. II.; 506. A. & S. 263. 2 (1). — 663. Deducunt = draw down (from the antennae, or yards), i. e. spread them to the wind. Geminaque ope; i. e. with both oars and sails. -664. The ivy (which was sacred to Bacchus) impedes the oars by twining about them. 665. Distringunt stretch; i. e. weigh down; or, as some editors translate it, occupy, fill. Corymbis. Gr. 414 4. A. & S. = = - = my 666. Frontem. 247-3Gr. 380. A. & S. 234. II. So curvamina, v. 672.667. Hastam; i. e. the thyrsus, a staff twined with ivy and vine leaves, which Bacchus is generally represented as bearing. Cf. XI. 7, 28. — 668. The animals named were sacred to Bacchus. Simulacra inania=empty images, or phantoms.— 669. Pictarum spotted. 672. Depresso = flattened (into a fish); or, as some translate it, bowed down; i. e. no longer erect in human form. 674. Loquenti; sc. ei=while he was speaking. Gr. 387. A. & S. 226.-676. Obstantes. Cf. v. 664. — 678. Manus. Gr. 362. 3. 1). A. & S. 210 (b). So pinnas. Esse. Gr. 551. I. A. & S. 272. Vocari. Gr. 552. I. A. & S. 271.681. Corpore. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. Novissima: extrema. Gr. 441. 6. A. & S. 205, R. 17. 682. Sinuantur: are curved. 683. Dant saltus. See on v. 599.-685. Inque — speciem = and sport like a company of dancers. Cf. Virg. A. V. 594 · 686. Naribus efflant spout from their nostrils. Gr. 422. 2. A. & S. 242.688, 689. Pavidum; sc. me. Corpore. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. 1. Vixque = and scarcely myself. 690. Corde. See on v. 686. Tene hold your course towards; steer for. Diam; an old name of Naxos.-691. Sacris. Gr. 386. A. & S. 224, meum = = METAMORPHOSES. Book IV. THE STORY OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE. [vv. 55-166.] This story is found in no other ancient writer whose works have come down to us. 56. Puellis. Gr. 386. A. & S. 224. -58. Coctilibus = of brick. Semiramis; a queen of Assyria, who built Babylon (urbem) with all its wonders. The legends concerning her and Ninus, her husband, whom she succeeded as sovereign (according to some of the myths, she murdered him), are various and conflicting. - 59. Gradus; sc. amoris. 60. Tempore. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. Taedae - coissent = they would have been united in marriage. Torches were borne before the bride on her way to the house of the bridegroom; hence tacda is often used, by metonymy, for marriage. Cf. Virg. A. IV. 339. See Gr. 512. A. & S. 261, R. 4. Here the condition is implied in Sed — patres. - 61. Quod. Gr. 445. 7. A. & S. 206. (13) (a). — 62. Ex aequo equally. Captis cap. tivated. - 63. Conscius; used substantively. 64. Quoque magis and the more. The correlative eo is to be supplied with the second magis. — 65. Quam duxerat which it had got; had = - - = -81 Ignes; come to have. - 66. Quum fieret: when it was built. Gr.518. II. 1. A. & S. 263, R. 2. Domui. Gr. 391. 1. A. & S. 222, R. 1. - 67. Nulli; for nemini = by no one. Gr. 388. 4. A. & S. 225. II. — 68. Primi. See on prima, I. 89. For the gender, see Gr. 439. 2. 1). A. & S. 205, R. 2 (1), where the principle is explained. —70. Murmure. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. ·74. Quantum erat: = how much it would be; i. e. how little it would be. Gr. 705. IV. A. & S. 324. 4. On erat, see Gr. 475. 4. A. & S. 259, R. 3 and (d). Sineres. Gr. 516. II. and 1. A. & S. 262, R. 2. So pateres, next line, Corpore. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. - 75. Danda. Gr. 562; 565. I. A. & S. 275. II. and R. 3.-77. Quod. Gr. 554. IV. ; 558 A. & S. 273. 5. Verbis. Gr. 384. A. & S. 223. So parti, v. 79. –78. Diversa sede; i. e. on opposite sides of the wall. — 79. Dedere. Gr. 461 and 3. A. & S. 209, R. II (4). i. e. the stars. — 84. Nocte. Gr. 426. A. & S. 253. -85. Tentent. Gr. 491; 480; 558. II. I. A. & S. 262; 258. I.; 273. 1, N. 1 On foribus, see Gr. 422. 2. A. & S. 255, R. 3 (6).—86. Domo. Gr. 424. 2. A. & S. 255, R. 1. Exierint. Gr. 518. II. A. & S. 263. 5 and R. I. - 87. Neve-arvo = and lest they should miss each other while wandering in the broad fields. Sit errandum. Gr. 301. 2; 388. I.; 491. A. & S. 184. 3; 262 and R. 5. Arvo. Gr. 422. 1. 2). A. & S. 254, R. 3. 88. Conveniant and lateant are in the same construction as tentent and relinquant. Nini. See on v. 58. His tomb, built by Semiramis, was large and magnificent. — 89. Pomis. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. 1. Fonti. See on domui, v. 66. -91. Lux= the sun. –92. Aquis. 225. IV. and R. 2. Cf. II. 68. Isdem. A. II. 250.93. Cardine. Gr. 431. III. 448.-94. Suos her friends. Vultum. Gr. 380. A. & S. 234. II. dacem; sc. cam. — 97. oblinere. Gr. 651. 3; 654. Depositura. Gr. 578. V. 2. See on v. IOI. - = - A. & S. Gr. 384 and 2. 1). Cf. Virg. Cf. Virg. A. S. 205, R. 7. v. 97. · 96. AuCaede = sanguine. Oblita; (i short) from A. & S. 284, Ex. 1 (2) (a); 285. 1. — 98. A. & S. 274, R. 6 (a). Sitim. Gr. 85. III. A. & S. 79 (b) 2. -101. Dumque fugit. Gr. 467. 4 A. & S. 259. (c). Tergo. See on foribus, v. 85. — 103. Dum redit. Sine ipsa without herself; i. e. Thisbe. — 106. A. & S. 250. 1.—109. Vita. Gr. 419. IV. A. & S. Nostra - est = I am guilty.—111. Venires. Gr. 492. 2; 493. 2. A. & S. 262 and R. 4.-112. Prior. Gr. 443. 2. A. & S. 205, R. 15 (6). —115. Timidi. Gr. 401; 402. I. A. & S. 211, R. 8 (3) and (a). Optare. Gr. 549 and 1. A. & S. 269, R. 2. -118. Haustus is a noun, object of accipe. -119. Quoque et quo; referring to ferrum.—121. Humi. Gr. 424. 2. A. & S. 221, R. 3.—122-124. Fistula a water-pipe; which bursts (scin Ore. Gr. 429. 244.-110. |