THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
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P. OVIDII <strong>NASO</strong>NIS<br />
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Omne nefas : fugere pudor, verumque, fidesque:<br />
In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique<br />
Insidiffique, et vis, et amor sceleratus habendi.<br />
Vela dabat ventis, nee adhuc bene noverat illos,<br />
Navita; quseque diu steterant in montibus altis,<br />
Fluctibus ignotis insultavere carince.<br />
Communemque priiis, ceu lumina solis et auras,<br />
Cautus humum longo signavit limitc mensor.<br />
LIBER 1.<br />
K 5 Pndor, \ erumque,<br />
" fidesque fugere; in<br />
quorum locum fraudesquc<br />
dolique insidireque<br />
subiere, et vis,<br />
ct sceleratus amor habendi.<br />
0. Navitadabatvola<br />
veutis, nee artliuc<br />
10 bene novcrat illos:<br />
que carinrc, qura iliu<br />
fleterant in altis montibus,<br />
insultavere<br />
NOTjE.<br />
5. Fugere: shame, truth, and faith fled the first anemoscope of which we have any<br />
away. Truth and fidelity arc the attrac- knowledge. It was an octagonal tower,<br />
live forces that bind the elements of the ' with an allegorical representation and name<br />
moral world together. Nothing can be on each side, of the wind to which it was<br />
more deplorable than that polity where opposed. A copper Triton, on the summit,<br />
these are wanting. There is a nice gra- pointed with a rod to the point from which<br />
nation observed by the poet. Shame would the wind blew. Iinpcllcd by aiarice, the<br />
restrain many a man from evil; where sailor committed himself to the mercy of<br />
shame would not, a regard for his word winds and waves,<br />
would, and where a regard for his word Qui fragilem truci<br />
would not, plighted faith would withhold Oommisit pelago ratem<br />
him. How depraved must his condition be, Primus, nee timuit prfecipitem Africum<br />
who is not influenced by any, or all of K%£^^rabiem Not,_HoRACB.<br />
hese.<br />
o. Fraudcsque, dolique. There is a like<br />
beautiful gradation in the vices. To injure<br />
another by fraud, is flagitious; it is more<br />
so, to doit treacherously; still worse, to call<br />
in the aid of others, and vframe a plot to ac<br />
complish it; and the worst of all, to con<br />
summate the whole by violence.<br />
I,ove, spotless Truth, and dove-eyed Mercy fled,<br />
Hate, Fraud, and dnrk-browed Vengeance came<br />
instead. HISTOEY OP <strong>THE</strong> CIII.RCH.<br />
7. Amor sceleralus. Covetousness is<br />
called wicked, because it incites men to<br />
every wickedness.<br />
Quid non mortalin pectora cogis<br />
Auri sacra fames ! VIRGIL.<br />
7. Habendi: of having more ; of grow<br />
ing rich.<br />
Quamvis in ipsa natus sim prone schola<br />
Curamque habendi penitus corde eraserim.<br />
PlLEDRDS.<br />
8. Dabat vela: gave sail; spread the sail<br />
to the winds.<br />
Ausus Tiphys<br />
Pandere vasto carbasa ponto. SENECA.<br />
8. Nec adhnc; nor as yet had well known<br />
them. The Temple of the Winds, built<br />
at Athens, by Andronicus Cyrrhestes, is<br />
Dubioque eecans sequora cursu. SENECA.<br />
9. Stet.ernnt. The trees had stood a long<br />
time, of which the keels were made.<br />
He rends the oak, and bids it ride.<br />
To guard the shores ils beauty graced.<br />
CHARLES SPEAGUE.<br />
10. Carina : the keels; a part of the<br />
ship, put for the ship itself.<br />
The heaven-directed prow<br />
Of navigation bold, that fearless braves<br />
The burning line, or dares the wintry pole.<br />
THOMSON<br />
10. Ftiictibus ignotis: the unknown<br />
waves; distant, unexplored seas.<br />
10. Insullavere: leaped o\er them;<br />
bounded over them, regardlcvi of danger<br />
and shipwreck. Insulto is often used as a<br />
mark of derision.<br />
Dum Priami Paridisque busto<br />
Insuttet armentum. HORACE.<br />
The tall bark bounding lightly o'er the waves,<br />
I taught its course, and \vinged its flving sait<br />
T^SCHYLUS.<br />
11. Communem. The earth common to<br />
all, as the light oi the sun and the breezes.<br />
Nothing could be more common than<br />
these.<br />
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