233 (3).—765. Epulis. Gr. 419. I. A. & S. 245. I. Munere; i. e. with wine. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3.—766. Diffudere = cheered, exhilarated. Cultusque — locorum : = the mode of life and the history of the country; i. e. of the people of the country. -768. Lyncides; in apposition with unus quidam. — 769. Simul = simul ac. -770. Perseu. Gr. 94.1. A. & S. 81, R. — 771. Abstuleris. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. Crinita — ora = the head (of Medusa) bristling with serpents. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 247. 1. — 772. Agenorides. Most of the editors speak of Agenor as the great-grandfather of Perseus; but according to the best authorities, Perseus was descended from Belus, the twin-brother of Agenor. His mother, Danaë, was the daughter of Acrisius, the son of Abas, the son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, the former of whom was the son of Aegyptus, the latter the daughter of Danäus; and Aegyptus and Danäus were twin sons of Belus. See on v. 607. Some read Abantiades instead of Agenorides; some think the inaccuracy a slip of the pen which Ovid would have corrected, had he revised the poem. See Life. Perhaps gelido sub Atlante is another slip of the kind. Atlas had been changed to stone before this time, it is true, but so recently that Perseus would hardly speak of him as a well-known mountain, especially in relating events that had taken place previous to his transformation. — 773. Molis; i. e. of mountains.-774, 775. Geminas-Phorcidas = the Graeae, daughters of Phorcys (see on v. 743), who had gray hair from their birth, and only one tooth and one eye in common, which they used by turns. There were three of them, but Ovid here speaks of but two. 776. Dum traditur=while it is passing; i. e. as one is handing it to the other. - 777. Supposita... manu; i. e. by putting his hand in the place of that of the sister who was about to take the eye. Perseus refused to return the eye until the Graeae told him how to find the Gorgons. Cepisse and the other infinitives in the passage depend on narrat, v. 772. Gr. 551. I. A. & S. 272. — 779. Gorgoneas-domos he reached the home of the Gorgons; three frightful beings, with snaky hair, brazen claws, and enormous teeth. Of the three, Medusa alone was mortal. See on v. 743780. The last syllable of the verse is cut off by synalœpha. Gr. 669. I. A. & S. 307. 3.-781. Ex ipsis; i. e. from their natural 782. Clypei limits aere; the brass of the shield, i. e. the brazen shield.-783. Repercusso reflecting; as if repercutienti. -786. Pegason Pegasus; a winged horse, the offspring of Medusa. In modern times he has become famous as the horse of the Muses; but with the ancients he had no connection with the Muses except producing with his hoof the inspiring fountain Hippocrene. His brother was Chrysaor. For the form Pegason, see Gr. 46. 1. A. & S. 54. — 788. Freta=waters, seas, Alto. See on v. 621. state. = METAMORPHOSES. Book V. THE STORY OF CERES AND PROSERPINA. - A hymn in honor of Ceres, which the Muse Calliope sings in a contest with the Pierides, the nine daughters of Pierus, king of Emathia. The Muses themselves are often called Pierides, from Pieria, near Mount Olympus, where they were first worshipped by the Thracians. 341. Prima. See on I. 89. Ceres, the Greek Demeter, was the goddess of the earth and the protectress of agriculture. She was the daughter of Saturn (Chronos) and Rhea. See on I. 123, and cf. Virg. G. I. 147. - 342. Mitia=culta, cultivated, in distinction from that which grows spontaneously. Cf. I. 103. - 343. Leges; since agriculture is the basis of civilization. Hence she is called legifera. Cf. Virg. A. IV. 58. — 344. Mihi. Gr. 388. I. A. & S. 225. III. Modo only. Possem. Gr. 488. I. and I. A. & S. 263. 1. - 345. Dea and carmine. See on IV. 678.-346. Giganteis. Here the giant Typhoeus is represented as buried under Mount Aetna. Virgil (A. III. 578) put Enceladus there. Gr. 398. 2. = = - sedes: Homer and A. & S. 211, Typhoeus, R. 4 (a). — 347. Trinacris (or Trinacria) = Sicily, so called from its three promontories.-348. Aetherias who dared to aspire to the celestial abodes; referring to the revolt of the giants against the gods. On ausum, see Gr. 577. A. & S. 274 3 (a). — 349. Resurgere. Gr. 553. V. A. & S. 273. 2 (b). · 350. Peloro = Pelorum, or Pelorus (now Capo di Faro), the promontory opposite Italy;. hence Ausonian. 351. Pachyne, the southern promontory, now Capo di Passaro. Tibi; sc. subjecta est. Lilybaeo Lilybaeum, now Capo di Boco or di Marsala, on the western coast. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 248. II.—353. Ore. Gr. 422. 2. A. & S. 255, R. 3 (b). So corpore, v. 355, and sede, v. 359. — 356. Rex... silentum Pluto. Silentium is inadmissible in hexameter verse. - 357. Pateat = patescat. Gr. 492. 4 and 1). A. & S. 262 and R. 7. So retegatur and terreat.—358. Trepidantes; "by anticipation." See on IV. 729. 361. Ambibat. Gr. 295. 3. A. & S. 182, R. 3. Fundamina. Gr. 371. 4. A. & S. 233. — 362. Exploratum est. Gr. 556. I. (1). A. & S. 209 (5). — Labare. Gr. 549 and 1. A. & S. 269 (b). — 363. Erycina =Venus, who had a temple on Mount Eryx, in the northern part of Sicily. Cf. Virg. A. V. 759.-365. Arma, manus, and potentia are in apposition with nate. Ovid had in mind Virg. A. I. 664.—368. In the division of the universe among themselves, the first lot fell to Jupiter, the second to Neptune, the third (novissima) to Pluto. See on I. 113. -370. Ipsum Neptune. - 371. Tartara cessant = why do = 1 = = the infernal regions delay (to yield to your power)? Tuum. Gr. 398. 3. A. & S. 211, R. 3 (6). — 372. Profers=extend. Agitur= is at stake. 373. Quae-est="such is now our tameness." Gr. 453. 4. A. & S. 206 (18).-374. Mecum = meis cum viribus: = as mine is. 375. Pallas and Diana had made vows of perpetual virginity. 376. Abscessisse mihi have withdrawn from me. Gr. 385. 4. A. & S. 224, R. 1 (a). Filia = Proserpina. Virgo. Gr. 362. A. & S. 210. – 377. Erit=manebit. Nam- easdem = for she cherishes the same hopes; i. e. as Pallas and Diana. — 378. Pro - regno if you have any regard for our common kingdom. On tibi, see Gr. 387. A. & S. 226.379. Patruo to her uncle, Pluto. Proserpina was the daughter of Jupiter. — 380. Solvit = opens. Arbitrio. Gr. 414. 2. A. & S. 249. II. - 381 Sed (one only) but (the sharpest). Qua. Gr. 417. A. & S. 256. 2. — 382. Nec minus · arcum = nor surer, nor more obedient to the bow. On audiat, see Gr. 501. I. A. & S. 264. 7.—383. Cornum; second decl. neut.384. Hamata... arundine = with the barbed arrow. Ditem - Dis, a name of Pluto. 385. Hennaeis ... moenibus the city Henna, or Enna, in the centre of Sicily, famous for a temple of Ceres. — 386. Aquae limits lacus. Nomine. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. 1. Illo; sc. lacu. Gr. 417. A. & S. 256. 2. Caystros, See on II. 253. — 389. Ut velo= as with an awning, or canopy. Phoebeos. ignes the rays of the sun. 391. Luco. Gr. 422. I. 2). A. & S. 254, R. 3.-393. Studio. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. — 394. Aequales her companions. Legendo = in gathering (the flowers). Gr. 566. I. A. & S. 275, R. 4. 395. Diti. Gr. 388. 4. A. & S. 225. amor so impatient is his love. = II. ora - 396. Usque Matrem. Gr. 371. 3. A. & S. 232 (2). — 398. Summa... ab from the upper border. -400. Annis. Gr. 386. A. & S. 224 -401. Virgineum. Gr. 398. 2. A. & S. 211, R. 4 (a). · Nomine. Gr. 414. 3. A. & S. 247. 2. - 404. Ferrugine. Everything in the lower world was represented as of a dark color. Cf. v. 360, and Virg. A. VI. 303.-406. Palicorum = of the Palici; Sicilian gods, twin sons of Jupiter (some say of Vulcan), worshipped near the city Palice, where were the lake and sulphurous springs here alluded to. Ferventia boiling forth. Terra. Gr. 431. A. & S. 257. = 407. Bacchiadae; the descendants of Bacchis, king of Corinth. Having been banished from that city, a part of them took refuge in Sicily, where they founded Syracuse. Bimari; so called because situated on the isthmus between the Corinthian and Saronic gulfs. Cf. Hor. C. I. 7. 2. Corintho. Gr. 425. 3. 1). A. & S. 246. -408. Portus. Syracuse had two harbors, the Portus Magnus, still called Porto Maggiore, and the Portus Minor, or Laccius. — 409. Medium. This adjective may take a partitive genitive plural, or, as here, two genitives singular, equivalent to a plural; midway of (the two places) Cyane and Arethusa. These are two fountains near Syracuse. On Pisaeae, see v. 493 foll. The final syllable of the word is not elided. — 410. Quod — cornibus which flows in a narrow channel, shut in by close promontories; referring to the strait between Sicily and Ortygia, a small island on which Syracuse was partly built.-413. Gurgite. Gr. 434. I. A. & S. 242. Summa. See on IV. 659. Alvo. Gr. 47. 2. 2). A. & S. 49. I. — - 414. Deam Proserpina. Nec - inquit et inquit, "Non longius ibitis." 415. Roganda=she should have been asked for; i. e. of her mother. Gr. 229. A. & S. 162. 15. — 416. Magnis. Gr. 386. 1. A. & S. 224-417. Anapis; the god of the Anapis, a river near Syracuse. 418. Exorata wooed. Exterrita frightened (into yielding to his suit). -420. Saturnius - Pluto, as the son of Saturn. - 421. In ima= into the depths of the spring; i. e. of Cyane. Gr. 396. III. 2. 3 (3). A. & S. 205, R. 9, and 212, R. 3. N. 4 Contortum. Gr. 579. A. & S. 274. 3 (¿). — 424. Medio cratere in the midst of the chasm; i. e. the opening made by the stroke of the sceptre. - 429. Extenuatur is dissolved, melts away. Videres. Gr. 485. A. & S. 260. II. R. 2.-430. Pati flexus become flexible. Posuisse. Gr. 542. 2. A. & S. 268, R. 2. —431. De tota (sc. illa) = of her whole body. Tenuissima quaeque whatever was most slender. -432. Crines, etc. are in apposition with quacque. - 433. Membris. Gr. 387. A. & S. 226. Exilibus slender. See on v. 431.-435. Abeunt. See on IV. 658.436. Vitiatas; i. e. having lost their natural constitution. 437. Possis. Gr. 501. I. A. & S. 264. 7. = 439. Profundo; 254, R. 3. So terris. 441. Hesperus 438. Matri. Gr. 388. 4 A. & S. 225. II. sc. mari. Cf. II. 267. Gr. 422. I. 2). A. & S. -440. Udis; because rising from the sea. the evening står. - 442. Pinus = torches of pine. - 444. Hebetarat had dimmed. -446. Sitim. Gr. 85. A. & S. 79. 2. Ora... colluerant had wet her lips. —450. Dulce; used as a noun= dulcem potem. Polenta. Gr. 414. 4. A. & S. 247. 3. 451. Oris. Gr. 396. IV. A. & S. 211, R. 6. —453. Neque adhuc et nondum. Parte. Gr. 431. A. & S. 257. -457. Ne sit (sc. ei) = that he may not have. Gr. 491. A. & S. 262. Nocendi. Gr. 563. A. & S. 275. III. R. 1 and (1). - 458. Lacerta. Gr. 417. A. & S. 256. 2. 461. Nomen; i. e. stellio, which the poet derives from stella. Corpora. Gr. 380. — 462. Erraverit. Gr. 525. I. 214 Quaerenti - orbis A. = A. & S. 234. II. Guttis: spots. & S. 265. — 463. Mora. See on no part of the world remained for her to search. Gr. 386. 2. A. & S. 224, R. I. 464. Eundo. Gr. -- = = 566. I. A. & S. 275, R. 4. —465. Fuisset. Gr. 510 and 1. A. & S. 261. I. 466, 467. Volenti (sc. ez) is equivalent to a dative of pessessor, aderant being used for erant. Quo loqueretur = the means of speaking. Gr. 501. I. A. & S. 264. 7.—469. In into. A. & S. 235 (2), R. 4. · 470. Persephones is the Greek form for Proserpinae. Summis. See on IV. 659. —471. Simul=simul ac, as often. Tanquam-scisset = as if she then at length had discovered that her daughter had been carried off. Gr. 503. II. and 506. A. & S. 263. 2 (1). — 473. Repetita = repeatedly. See on IV. 734-474. Sit. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265. —475. Munere. See on v. 345, and cf. vv. 342, 343. — 477. Reperit. See on repulit, II. 157. Vertentia = (used for) turning. -479. Leto destruction. 480. Fallere depositum to betray their trust; i. e. the seed sown. Gr. 551. II. 1. A. & S. 273. 2 (a) and 272, R. 6. Vitiata. See on v. 436. — 481. Terrae = Sicily; which was famous for its fertility, in ancient times. —482. Cassa jacet=lies useless; i. e avails nothing. Primis in herbis; i. e. as soon as they spring up. – 484. Sideraque. The final e is lengthened by the arsis. Gr. 660. A. & S. 308. -485. Jacta that have been sown, Fatigant = exhaust, hinder the growth of. — 486. Gramen is in the same construction as lolium and tribuli. -487. Alpheias = Arethusa; a nymph of Elis, beloved by the river-god Alpheus, and changed by Diana into a fountain, that she might escape him. But he still pursued her; and when she fled under the sea to Ortygia, he followed her, and rose with her on that island. Hence it was said that a cup thrown into the Alpheus would appear again in the fountain of Arethusa in Ortygia. - 489. Virginis is in the same construction as frugum. — 491. Terrae. Gr. 385. A. & S. 223, R. 2. -492. Nihil; i. e. no punishment. Rapinae. Gr. 384. I. A. & S. 223. Cf. v. 419 foll. -494. Such transition from the singular to the plural is sometimes found even in prose. Cf. v. 504. — 496. Solo. Gr. 417. A. & S. 256. 2. Arethusa is in apposition with the subject of habeo. Penates. See on I. 174.498. Motasim = why I have been driven from my native land. Gr. 525. A. & S. 265.499. Ortygiam. Gr. 379. 3. 2). A. & S. 237, R. 5 (6) and (c). Narratibus. Gr. 391. 1. A. & S. 222, R. 1. 500. Curisque. Gr. 425. A. & S. 251. 501. Vultus. Gr. 402. III. more cheerful. Pervia tellus. 211, R. 6. Melioris A. & S. See on Stygian; i. e. beneath the earth, near the I flow. - 506. Vultu. Gr. 429. A. & S. 250. 1.507. Maxima = domina. 509. Ceu saxea = as if petrified.-510. Attonitae one thunderstruck. Gr. 391. 1 and 2. 4) (2). A. & S. 222, R. 1 and R. 2 (6). Utque - amentia = and when her deep stupor was banished |