THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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P. OVIDII NASONIS
Bos quoquc Formosa est. Specimen Saturnia vaccffi 45
(Juanquam invita, probat: nee non et cujus, et unde
Quove sit armento, veri quasi nescia, quasrit.
Jupiter e terra gcnitam mentitur, ut auctor
Desinat inquiri. Petit hanc Saturnia munus.
Quid facial ? crudele, suos addicere amores : 60
Non dare, suspcctum. Pudor est, qui suadeat illinc;
Hinc dissuadet amor. Victus pudor esset amore:
Sed leve si munus sociae generisque torique
Vacca ncgaretur, poterat non vacca videri.
Pellice donata, non protinus cxuit omnem
Diva metum ; timuitquc Jovem, et fuit anxia furti
Donee Aristoridac servandam tradidit Argo.
Centum luminibus cinctum caput Argus habebat.
Inde suis vicibus capiebant bina quietem ;
Cffitera servabant, atque in statione mancbant.
Constiterat quocunque modo, spectabat ad lo:
Ante oculos lo, quamvis aversus, habebat.
Luce sinit pasci: cum Sol tellure sub alta est,
NOT/E.
45. Salurnia. Juno, the daughter of
Saturn.
45. Specimen: the appearance ; the form.
46. Quanyuam invita: though unwilling.
Juno huied her because of her adultery,
yet affected to be pleased with her appear
ance, that she might get her into her power.
4(3. Cujus: whose she was?
4fi. Unde: from what place she came ?
47. Q uasi mscia. As it" slie did not
know her real character.
48. Genilam: that she was sprung.
48. Auclor: the owner; the creator.
50. A dticeie: to deliver up.
50. Suos amores: his love ; his mistress.
The absiract amor is put for the concrete
amata, viz. lo.
51. Jlliac: from that; from refusing to
give lo lo Juno.
52. Ilinc: from this; from giving her up
to Juno.
5!i. Sociee: to the participant of his race
and couch.
54. Non potrrat. She could not appear
to be a heifer, if Jupiter would refuse to
give her 10 his wife.
55. f cilice donula: when the harlot was
given lo her.
56. Tiuiitiique Jovem: she was qfraid of
Jupiter. She was under apprehension that
Jupiter would take some means to get the
heifer out ot" her possession.
56. Anxia furli: was solicitous about
the adultery." She was fearful that Jupiier
mightehangc her again into the human iorm,
and again violate his marital obligations.
57. Arittonlee: the son of Aristor.
58. A rgo. The son of Aristor who
married Ismene, the daughter of Asopus.
He had an hundred eyes, only two of which
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LIBER I.
vultus Inachidos in
llitenlcm juvcncam.
Bos quoque est for-
mosn.
48. Jupiter mentiiur
iUam genitum esse e
terra, ut auctor rlesi-
nat miitiirt. Saturnia
petit hanc mimiis.
5t. Puilcr cdl. qui
suadeat illinc; amor
disauadet lime. Tudor
esset victus nwve:
Bed si vacca. leve mu
nus, negiiretur sociffi
genen^que torique,
55. Diva, donat&
pellice, non protinus
exuit omnem mcmm;
timuitque Jovem, et
fuit anxia lurti; do
nee tvadidit Ansto-
ridae Ar^o servan-
dam. Argus hahcbat
caput cmcluin centum
Inininibns. hide bina
capichaut quiutcm su-
ia vicilms ; conera
servalimit,
63. Smilpasciluce"
slept in succession. Some mythologists
state that one-half of his eyes slept at the
same time. By Argus is meant heaven,
and his eyes are the sfnrs. The two that
were fabled to watch lo, or the upper hemi
sphere, were the sun and moon. By Mer
eury killing Argus, Macrobius and Ponta-
mts understand Apollo; but I have shown
that the horizon is meant by Mercury.
Macrobius considers Argeiphomes to he the
sun, at whose rising the hundred eyes of Argu<
are put Out. WILKINSON.
Argus is heaven: ethereal fires his eyes,
Tliul wake liy turns; and stars tliat set nnd riee
These sparkle on the brow of shady ui.^ht;
But when Apollo rears his glorious Iijilit,
They, vanquished by so great a splendor, die.
1'ONTANVS.
Close behind,
In wrathful mood, walked Argus, earthborn
herdsman,
With all hie eyes observant of my slrps.
jCBCllYLUS
59. Inde: thence; of them.
59. .Suis vicibus: in their turns.
59. Bina: two at a time.
60. Servalant: watched.
60. In slatioiic: in station; upon guard
like soldiers. Hence Cicero:
Oculi tnnquam speculalorcs in arcc collocati.
DE NATUOA UEOKUM.
61. Quocunque modo: in whaicver way
he stood.
62. Quamvis aversus : though turned
away from her; though she was behind his
back; for his head was encircled wi'li eye8
63. Luce: during the light; by d:iy.
63. Cum sol tellure: when the sun is be-
ncaih the deep earth.
Where ihe searching eye of heaven is hid
Behind the globe, and ''glits the lower world
SHAKBPEAKI
FABULA XIII. METAMORPHOSED N.
Claudit, et indipno circumdat vincula collo.
Frcndibus arbuteis, et amara pascitur herba: 65
Prcque toro, terra non semper gramen habenti
Incubat infelix: limosaque flumina potat.
Ilia etiam supplex, Argo cum brachia vellet
Tenderc ; non habuit quffi brachia tenderet Argo:
Conatoque queri, mugitus edidit ore: 70
Pertimuitque sonos : propriaque exterrita voce est.
Venit et ad ripas, ubi fudere stepe solebat,
Inachidas ripas, novaque ut conspexit in unda
Cornua, pcrtimuit, seque externata refugit.
Nai'des ignorant, ignorat et Inachus ipse 75
duffi sit. At ilia patrem sequitur, sequiturque sorores;
Et patitur tangi, seque admirantibus ofierl.
Decerptas senior porrexerat Inachus herbas ;
Ilia manus lambit, patriisque dat oscula palmis;
Ncc retinet lacrymas ; et, si mod6 verba sequantur, 80
Orel opem, nomenque suum, casusque loquatur.
Littera pro verbis, quam pes in pulvere ducit,
Corporis indicium mutati triste peregit.
Me miserum! exclamat pater Inachus; inque gementis
Cornibus, et nivea; pendens cervice juvenca?, 85
Me miserum.! ingeminat: tune es quajsita per omnes,
NOT^E.
64. Claudit: he shuts her up, viz. in a
stable.
64. Indigno collo: her neck unworthy
undeserving of chains. So line 56, Lib. I.
Fab. XII.
66. fro toro. Instead of the soft and
downy couch which she was wont to press,
she is forced to lie upon the ground, which
was often without a covering of grass, hard
and siony.
69. Non liabuil. Supply trnchia. Hod
not arms, which arms she could extend to
Argus.
70. Mugitus edidit. When she attempt
ed to complain, instead of being able to
speak, she could only low after the manner
of a heifer.
71. fropria voce. Was affrighted at the
sounds which her own voice uttered.
72. Ubi Itulcre. Where she was often
accustomed to play. This is a pathetic
cireumsiance that appeals to the heart with
all the freshness and leeling oi early recol
lections.
73. Ut conspexit. When she saw her
horns in the water she was frightened.
Aetteon, in like manner, when changed
into a stag, is horrified at the sight of his
horns.
Ut verb solitis sua cornua vidit in undis,
Me niiserum ! dicturus erat.
n. Lib. iii.
75. Naidfs. The goddesses of fountains
and rivers ; here they were the attendants
and daughters of Inachus.
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cum Sol est sub altfl
tellure, clnudit. et cir-
cumdat vincula mdig-
no collo Pascitur ar
buteis frondibus et
amaru. hcrba: que
infelix inenbat terras
68. Ilia enum sup
plex, cum Vtllet ten-
dere brachia Argo:
no« habuit brlicTiia
qua? teuderci Arpo:
quae edidit mugitus
ore, conato queri:
perlimuitqne BOIIOS :
que exterrita est pro-
pria voce. Kt venit
ad ripas. nbi saipe
75. Naides igno
rant, et Inaehus ipse
ignorat quo; sit. At
ilia scquitnr patrem,
sequiturque sorores:
et pallliir tangi, que
ofifertse ndmirantibus.
Senior Inachus
fcO. Nee retinet la
crymas; et si mod6
verba sequantar, oret
opem, que loquatur
suum nomen, casus
que. Littera pro ver
bis, quam pes ducit
in pulvere, peregit
iriste indicium niututi
86. Tune es nata,
qucesita mihi per om-
75. Ignorat et Inachus. What a melan
eholy change! The sister Naiads, her
very father, does not know her.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and
mine acquaintance are verily estranged from
me. My kinsfolk have failed", and my familiar
friends have forgotten me. JOB xix.
80. Nee Tctinel lacrymas: nor restrains
her tears.
80. Si modo. If she only had the power
of speech.
82. Littera. Retaining the use of her
reason, although her body had suffered
transformation, lo wrote her name in the
sand, and the history of her misfortunes.
The impression of the cow's foot is that of
an I inside of the letter O ; but this mere
impression, of itself, could have detailed
nothing to her father, unless it is fabled,
that only since the days of IO, the feet of
cows have had the peculiar impression to
which we have referred.
82. Fes ducit: her foot traces In the
dust.
83. Indicium pengit: gave the discovery.
85. Pendens cervice: hanging upon the
neck. This recumbent attitude is the true
one of overwhelming sorrow.
86. Ingeminat: he repeats again. The
repetition of short, broken sentences is the
very language of true grief. Thus David
over Absalom:
O. my son Absalom, my son, my son Absa
lom! would God I hud died for thee, O Absa
lom, my son, my son! 2 SAMUEL xvni.
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