THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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P. OVIDII NASONI3
Et supcresse videt de tot mod6 millibus unam ;
Innocuos arnbos, cultores numinis ambos ;
Nubila disjecit: nimbisquc Aquilone remotis,
Et coslo terras ostendit, et aithera terris. '
Nee maris ira manet; positoque tricuspide telo
Mulcet aquas rector pclagi, supraque profundum
Exstantem, atque humeros innate murice tectum,
Cseruleum Tritona vocat; conchasque sonaci
Inspirare jubet, fluctusque et flumina signo
Jam revocare date. Cava buccina sutnitur illi
Tortilis, in latum qua; turbine crescit ab imo:
Buccina, quse, in medio concepit ut aera ponto,
Littora voce renlct sub utroque jacentia Phoebo.
88. Ambos. The use of this word at the
close of the two clauses, constitutes the
figure called rpistrophe. See Gram. p. 209.
88. Cultores numinis: worshippers of the
deity. The former race of mankind were
unjust towards each other, and irreverent
to ihe gods. The world was to be re-
peopled by a new stock, from those that
were both innocent and pious.
89. Nuliila disjecit: he dispelled the
clouds.
89. Aquilone. Jupiter, at the commence
ment of the deluge, shut up the north wind
in the JEotiiai caves, that it rnight not im
pede the rains; he now lets it out, that it
may disperse them.
And God made a wind to pass over the earth,
nnd the waters assuaged. GENESIS viii. 1.
He looked, and enw the ark hull on the flood,
Which now abated; for the clouds were fled,
Driven by a keen north wind, lLat blowing dry,
Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed;
And the clear sun on Irs wide watery glass
Gazed hot, und of the fresh wave largely drew,
As after thirst; which made their flowing shrink
From standing lake to tripping ebb, that stole
With soft foot towards the deep, who now had
stopped
His sluices, as the heaven his windows shut.
MILTON.
90. Nee maris ira: nor does the rage of
the sea remain.
In the Arkite mysteries of the Druids,
there is reference made to the landing of
the father of the restored world, and of the
calm of the sea:
When the shout was heard, we were put forth,
whilst smiling ot the side of the rock, Ner, (the
abyss] remained in calm tranquillity.- CAD
GorjDBN'.
91. Pnsilo: being laid aside. With his
trident, he had, in a great measure, excited
the wrath of the deep; he now lays it
down.
91. Tricuspide telo. A periphrasis for
trideiis.
92. Mulcet aquas: calms the waters.
92. Sector pilazi: the ruler of the sea;
l periphrasis for Neptune
NOT^E.
LlBEZ 1.
puludibus, ct videl
modo unum superewo
lie tot
89. Disjecifnubila;
nimbisque remoiifl
90 Aquilone, et oster.di:
terras ccclo, et (Ether a
terns.
02. Que vocat CEnru-
leuin Tritona exlan-
tem supra profundnm,
alque lectum humcroa
iniiato murice; quo
Qf5 jubet inspirare sonaci
concha:, et jom
06. Cava buccina
tortills siimitur illi,
qurc crescit in latum
ab irao turbine: buc
cina quse, ut concepit
ac'ra in medio ponto,
92. Supra profundum: over the deep.
Supply mare.
93. Humeros tectum: covered as to his
shoulders. Grammar, p. Ill, Rule XXV.,
n. 9.
93. Innato murice: with native purple ;
the shellfish from which the purple was
obtained.
94. Tritona. Triton was the son of
Neptune and Amphiirite, and the trum
peter of Neptune. He was the father of
the Tritons. His superior part was that
of a man, his lower part that of a fish.
Hurtc vehit immanis Triton, et cerulca concha
Kxlerrens frcta, cui lalcrum tenus hispida nant]
Frons hominem prffifcrt, inpiscemdesinil alvus.
JENxiv, Lib. x.
94. ConrlicB totiaci: his sounding shell.
Instead of a trumpet, Triton used a conch,
to signify the commands of Neptune.
Lord of the Ocean shell!
Thy blast is a potent spell,
Which nought in tlie deep cun withstand :
When Hie sea-god issues his dread command
For the waves to rage or subside,
Thou soundest thy conch o'er the ocean,
And the bilious in wildest commotion,
Like giants arise to threaten the skies:
Thou givest again thy command
The billows invade not the laud
But slumber and sleep on the tide.
ANTIQUE CAMEO.
95. Signo data: by a given signal.
'J6. Eevocare. To recall tire waves and
rivers to their proper channels again.
96. Siimilur illi: is taken by him.
Grammar, Syntax, Rule XXXII.
97. Torlilis: winding ; wreathed.
97. In latum crescit: increases in width.
97. Turbine ab ijno: from the lowest
wreath ; the e\tremity of the cone.
98. Eurciua. The repetition of this word
constitutes the figure called anadiplosis-
Sec Grammar, p. 209.
98. Concefil vt aera: when it has re
ceived the atr; the breath ; the blast.
99. Vocereplet: fills with its voice; with
its sound.
FABTJI.A IX.
METAMORPHOSED N.
Turn quoque ut ora Dei madida rorantia barba 100
Contigit, et cecinit jussos inflata receptus,
Omnibus audita est telluris et aequoris undis
Et, quibus est undis audita, coercuit omne,s.
Jam mare littus habet: plenos capit ah-eus omnes :
Flumina subsidunt: colles exire vidcntur: 105
Surgit humus : crescunt loca decresccntibus undis.
Postque diem longam nudata cacumina silvae
Ostendunl, Kmumque tenent in fronde rclictum.
Rcdditus orbis erat: quern postquam vidit inanem,
Et desolatas agere altasilentia terras, 1 10
Deucalion lacrymis ita Pyrrham affatur obortis :
O soror, 6 conjux, 6 foemina sola superstes,
Quam commune mihi genus, et patruelis origo,
Deinde torus jun\it; nunc ipsa pericula jungunt:
Tcrrarum, quascunque vident occasus et ortus, 1 15
Nos duo turba sumus. Possedit cretera pontus.
Go, go no other sound.
No music that of air or earth is liorn.
Can match the mighty music of thnt horn,
On midnight's fathomless profound!
GBENVILLE MELT-EM.'
99. Utroque Plirrbo: each Phoebus.; the
rising and the setting sun; the east and
west. This is a strong hyperbole.
99. Jaccnlia : lying; ihat lie.
100. Romnlia: dripping with brine.
101. Cecinit jussos receptus: sounded
the ordered retreat. The command from
Neptune for the waters to return to their
respective channels.
101. Jnfata: inflated; breathed into.
102. Telluris ct trquoris undis: by all the
wjiters of earth and sea. See Grammar,
Syntax, Rule XXXII.
104. Jam marc: now the sea has its
shore.
104. Plenos amnes: the full, brimming
rivers.
105. Flumina SHbsidimt: the rivers sub
side ; sink down into their channels.
And the waters returned from off the> earth
continually. GENESIS viii. 0.
10.r>. Exire ridentur: appear to issue
from Hum; to rise from the rivers.
The thunders ceased the lightning and tho
rttin
The waters sank the mountains rose again,
The t^nipi-st-lailrn clouds were rolled a\vny,
O'er the sad gloom broke forth the 1'glit of day,
And in hrr beak the wear} dove row bore
The olive-branch thai spake the delude o'er.
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.
10G. Dccrcscrntibus undis: the waters
decreasing ; as the waters decrease.
ACtcr these waters had raged on the earth,
they began to lessen mid shrink, and the great
fluctuations of this deep being quieted by dc-
rrees, the \\atcrs retired. BLHNETT.
107. I'oftque diem lonqam : after a long
day; a protracted period. Dies here repre
NOT^E.
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WO. Turn quoque ut
contigit ora Dei ro
rantia niadidtt barba,
et ir.flata cecinit TC-
ceptus jussos, audita
est omnibus undis
104. Mare jam habet
littus: aU eus capit
plfnos anines: flum!-
na Bubsidtint: collei
viclentur cxire: Hu
mus surgit: loca ere*,
cunt undis decrescen-
tibus.
100. Orliis erat rcd-
ditus: ijiiem post-
quam Deucalion vidit
inanem, et de&olatau
terras agere alta si-
lentia, "ita affatur
Pyrrham lacrymi*
obortis: O soror. d
coirjux, o fccrhinasola
superstes, quam com
mune genus, el origo
patruelis,(leinde torus
junxit, nunc pericula
sents an indefinite time, as is often the case
in English.
107. Nudata cacumiiia : their naked tops;
stripped both of fruit and leaves.
108. In fronde: upon ihe bough ; the
branches and leaves.
109. Redditus orbis erat: the earth wag
restored.
109. Postquam vidit inanem: after he
saw void.
And every living substance was destroyed
which was upon the face of the ground, both
man and beast, and the creeping things, and tho
fowl of heaven. GENESIS vii. 2H.
110. Dcsnlatas terras: the desolate earth ;
destitute of men and animals.
110. Agere alta silentia: to keep deep
silence.
Vacuusque silentia servat horror.
STATIUS, Thee, iv
111. Lacrymis oborlis: with rising;
gushing tears.
112. Soror. It was a common thing,
among the ancients, to call cousin-germans
by the name of sister.
113. Commune genus: a common descent.
They were descended from lapctus, who
was father of Prometheus and Epimetheus.
113. Patruelis origo. Deucalion was the
son of Prometheus; Pyrrha was the
daughter of Epimetheus.
114. Pericula jungunt: even perils unite.
What motives for union ! community ot
origin, community of life and interest, and
community of suffering and danger.
He, whnm mutual league,
United thoughts and counsels, equaj hope,
And hazard in the glorious enterprise,
Joined with me once, now misery liath joined.
MILTON
115. Occasus et ortus: the rising -and
selling sun; the cast and west.
11C. Turin sumus: we are the multitude,
the population.