of literary tradition a large number of passages from modern poetry covering a wide range have been inserted in the notes. These passages are either direct imitations of Virgil or they deal with ideas suggested by his works. A fuller explanation of Virgil's metrical form and more detailed directions for reading have also been added.

J. B. GREENOUGH,

G. L. KITTREDGE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

ABBREVIATIONS.

IN THE TEXT.

Death of Icarus. Wall painting at Pompeii. Baum.
Juno. Statue. Mus. Chiar.

Ideal portrait of Virgil. Vatican MS.

The Parca with Minerva. Relief. Müller-Wieseler.
Neptune in his car, with sea-horses. Gem. Hirt.
Hunting Scenes. Wall paintings. Zahn.

Jupiter. Statue. Mus. Chiar.

Temple of Augustus (Maison Carrée) at Nismes. Photograph. Flying Mercury. Vase painting. Nicolini.

Amazons defeated by Theseus. Ancient sarcophagus. Photograph. 22 Fortune seated on a throne (solium). Bronze from Pompeii.

suhn.

Reception of Ilioneus by Dido. Vatican Fragments.

Bride with Veil. Wall painting. Monumenti dell'Istituto.
Lady with diadem (corona). Statue. Compt. Rend.
Dido and Æneas at the feast. Vatican MS.

Trojan horse drawn within the walls.

Pre

Women supplicating Pallas.

- Priam seated. — Cassandra raving on the walls. H. & P.

Theft of the Palladium. Wall painting. Monumenti dell'Istituto. 41 Laocoön. Vatican Museum. Photograph.

Cassandra. Vase painting. R. R.

Murder of Priam. Vase painting. Müller-Wieseler.

Part of the Tabula Iliaca, carved (or cast in gypsum) with illustra-
tions of the Sack of Troy as told by Stesichorus. Jahn, Bilder-
chronik.

Æneas's vision of the Penates. Vatican Fragments.
Apollo Musagetes. Statue. Museo Pio-Clementino.

43

Sacrifice. Relief on the altar of Mercury at Pompeii. Photograph. 69
Harpies. Ancient mausoleum. Monumenti dell'Istituto.
Offerings to the dead. Vase painting. Mus. Borb.

73

77

Veiled Roman sacrificing. Statue. Photograph.

80

Temple at Agrigentum. Photograph.

Scylla. Ancient vase.

Chain-mail (lorica). Fragment found in a tomb. Compt. Rend.

View of Mt. Ætna. Photograph.

Polyphemus. Wall painting in Pompeii. Nuovi Scavi.

View of the coast of Sicily. Rocks of the Cyclops. Photograph.
View of Trapani (Drepanum). Photograph.

Dido sacrificing. Vatican Fragments.

Ceres. Statue. Mus. Chiar.

Youth with chlamys. Statuette. Müller-Wieseler.

Roman marriage. Pronuba uniting the pair. Ancient sarcophagus. 99

Mercury Psychopompus (with caduceus, etc.), presenting shades to

Pluto and Proserpina. Wall painting from tomb. Mercury. Statue. Mus. Chiar.

PAGR

Sepolcri. ΙΟΙ

102

Bacchic scene. Ancient sarcophagus in Vatican Museum. Photograph.

Sortes. Italian form of divination. - Priestess of Fortune at

Præneste drawing the oracular sors. Gior. Sca.. Orestes and the Furies. Vase painting. R. R. Hecate. Archäologisch-epigraphische Mittheilungen. Death of Dido. Vatican Fragments.

Venus and Neptune. Vatican Fragments.

Carchesium. Ancient vase. Annali dell'Istituto.

Serpent (genius loci) tasting the offerings on an altar.-Youth with

sacred bush. H. & P.

Galley. Wall painting at Pompeii. Baum.

104

106

119

122

123

126

Nereids. Ancient Stucco.

128

Horse with trappings. Roman tomb. Lindenschmidt, Tracht.
Dares and Entellus. Relief. Photograph.

Neptune and Amphitrite in car. Triton, etc. Relief.

Æneas, Achates, and the Sibyl. Vatican Fragments.

152

Theseus and the Minotaur. Vase painting.

154

Orpheus and Eurydice. Naples Museum. Photograph.

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Hercules and Theseus carrying off Cerberus. Painting from a tomb. Sepolcri. .

157

Promontory of Misenum. Photograph.

161

Charon receiving his passenger and fare. Ancient lamp. Bartoli,
Lucerne.

164

Cerberus. Æneas and the Sibyl. — In the background, judgment of the shades. Vatican Fragments.

Tantalus, Ixion, and Sisyphus. Wall painting from a tomb.
Sepolcri.

175

Augustus with the civic crown. Ancient bust. Photograph. Marcus Aurelius receiving submission. From photograph of the walls of the Capitol at Rome.

181

182

Triumphal chariot. From photograph of the walls of the Capitol

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2. Juno of Lanuvium. Coins.

3. Minerva hurling thunderbolt. Coin.

4. Ruins of theatre at Aspendos.

5. Jupiter looking down on the world. Wall painting.

6. Youth reading a scroll. Wall painting.

7. Man clothed in skin of wild beast. Relief.

8. Temple of Janus. Coin.

9. Diana. Statuette.

10. Genii making garlands. Wall painting.

II. Ransom of Hector's body. Relief.

12. Amazon.

13. Plan of Temple of Venus at Pompeii. Overbeck's Ruins at Pompeii. 14. Vaulted chamber in baths at Pompeii.

15. Celestial Venus. 'Wall painting. 16. Female apparel. Wall painting.

17. Monile (Harpy).

18. Crater wreathed (?). Relief.

19. Lamps. Found at Pompeii.

20. Patera. Vase painting.

Overbeck's Pompeii.
H. & P.

Monumenti dell'Istituto.

21. Woman decorating a Hermes with a fillet. Relief.
22. Palazzo Vecchio at Florence.

23. Hinged door and lintel. Found at Pompeii.
24. Plan of the house of Pansa at Pompeii. .
25. Plan of Greek house.

26. Apollo. Wall painting.

29. Cybele journeying to Rome. Relief.

30. Curetes, Cybele, Jupiter, and goat. Relief.

31. Ulysses and the sirens. Gem.

H. & P.