THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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P. OVIDII NASON1S
Hunc puer ut nigri madidum sudore veneni
Vulnera curvata minitantem cuspide vidit;
Mentis inops, gelida formidine lora remisit;
Q.UJE postquam summum tetigere jacentia tergum,
Expatiantur equi; nulloque inhibente, per auras
Ignotae regionis eunt; quaque impetus egit,
Hac sine lege ruunt: altoque sub sethere fixis
Incursant stellis, rapiuntque per avia currum.
Et mode suinma petunt, mode per decliva, viasque
Pnecipitcs, spatio terras propiore, feruntur;
Inferiusque suis fraternos currere Luna
Admiratur equos : combustaque nubila fumant.
Corripitur flammis, ut quaeque altissima, tellus ;
Fissaque agit rimas, et succis arct ademtis.
Pabula canescunt; cum frondibus uritur arbos;
Materiamque suo praebet seges arida damno.
Parva queror: magnse pereunt cum mcenibus urbes
Cumque suis totas populis incendia gentes
In cinerem vertunt. Sylvae cum montibus ardent:
Ardet Athos, Taurusque Cilix, et Tmolus et CEte ;
NOTJE.
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LIBER II
46. Puer ut vidit
hunc madidum sndore
nigri veneni, ininitim-
tem vulnera curvHtft
cuspide; inops mentis,
reinisit lora gelida for
midine.
54. El modd pciunt
P-e Biimmo, modi) lerun-
**£* tur per dechva, vias-
que prsecipites, ppatio
propiore lerra;: luna-
que admiratur cquoa
fratcrnos currere in-
ferius BUIB.
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62. Queror parva-
magnrc urbes pereunt
cum moenibus. Jncen-
diaque vertunl totas
eciitcs cum eujs popu-
ir~ ha in cinerem. Sylvre
*^" ardent cum monlibus.
limbs. The Scorpion extends his claws 57. Combusta ntibila: the burnt clouds
until he encroaches upon the Lion, while The scorched and blackened heavens together
with his tail he occupies a portion of the roll. ANON.
space allotted to Libra.
59. Succit ademtit: the moisture being
46. Ifunc: him, viz. the Scorpion. taken away being dried up.
47. Curvata cuspide: with his tail bent, 60. Pabulacanescunt: the grass becomes
In the attitude of striking. Scorpions strike white. This is in consequence of the dry
with the tail.
ing up of the moisture.
48. Gelida fonnidine: with cold dread. 62. Farm queror: I lament things of
It is the nature of fear to cause a chilly little consequence. The loss of grass,
sensation.
crops, and trees was of but little account,
48. Lora remisil: let go the reins. when compared with the destruction of
Al'OLLO. The poor youth, I suppose, for fear great cities and nations.
of falling, let go llie reins, and clung fast to the 03. Cumque suis popnlis: nations with
chariot DIALOGUES OF THE DEITIES. their people. In a nation arc generally
49. Smwnitm lirgum: the upper part of several diverse tribes.
the back. Sec Syntax, R. i, n. 8.
65. Atlios. A mountain of Macedonia,
50. Expnliantnr: they leave the track; between Sinus Singiticus and Smiis Stryrush
out of the path.
monicus. Its height is about 4560 feet.
53. Incursant stettis : rush against the The poet proceeds to enumerate all the
stars.
high mountains of which he had know-
54. Siinnna: the highest places. Sup ledpe.
ply loca. Lucian gives a similar account: 65. Tuurusqur Cilix. A very large
JUPITER. You have seen a proof of it in this range of mountains in Asia, commencing
young hare-lirum, with whom they ran n\\uy, in Lycia and Caria, near the Mediterra
now np, now down, now to the right, now lo the nean, and stretching easterly under differ
left, now even in the most contrary directions,
ne heing quite at a loss to govern them. ent natfies. The Cilicians call the range
DIALOGUES OF THE DEITIES. Tnurus.
65. Tmdlus. A mountain in Lydia,
56. Inferiusque. The moon is much
nearer to the canh than the sun. :~he
abounding in wine, saffron, and honey.
It was here the palm was awarded to
might well he astonished that her brother's
horses were below hers.
Apollo over Pan in a contest upon the
5C. Frnlernos equos : her brother's
flute.
horses. FlifEbus was the brother of Di Nonne vides croceos ut Tmolus odores,
India mitlit ebur GEORGIC i. 56.
ana. The chariot of the sun is represented
with four horses, that of the moon with 65. (Etc. One of the heights of the chain
.wo.
of mountains which commences near tl i
F.IBU1AII. METAMORPHOSED N.
Et nunc sicca, prius celebcrrima fontibus, Ida ;
Virgineusque Helicon, et nondum CEagrius Hzemos :
Ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus jEtna,
Parnassusque biceps, et Eryx, et Cynthus, et Othrys,
Et tandem Rhodope nivibus caritura, Mimasque, 70
Dindymaque, et Mycale, natusque ad sacra Cithseron.
Nee prosunt Scythiss sua frigora: Caucasus ardet,
Ossaque cum Pindo, majorque ambobus Olympus,
Aeriseque Alpes, et nubifer Apenninus.
Turn vero Phaethon cunctis e partibus orbem
Aspicit accensum; nee tantos sustinet aestus :
Fervcntesque auras, velut e fornace profunda,
NOTJE.
72. Nee sua_ frigora
prosunt Scythiar. Cau
casus ardet.
75 75. Turn vero Phaf-
thon aspicit orbem
accensum e cunctis
partibus; nee sustinet
tantos eestus.
Isthmus of Corinth, and extends about two 69. Othrys. A mountain which joins
hundred miles to the north-west. The po Pelion on the west, and Pindus on the east,
ets fabled that the sun, moon, and stars and forms the southern boundary of Tempe.
rose by its side. Here Hercules erected It was the scat of the Titans in their bat
his funeral pile, and submitted to the flames tle with the gods.
which consumed his mortal part to ashes. From Othrys1 lofty summit warred the host
6G. Ida. A lofty mountain to the north Of glorious Titans: from Olympus they,
of Troy, celebrated for its streams and The band of gift-dispensing deities
fountains. It was here that Paris adjudged Whom fair-haired Khea bare to Saturn's love.
the prize of beauty to Venus over Juno and
HESIOD.
Minerva, and thus caused the Trojan 70. Rhodope. A mountain of Thraco
war.
covered with perpetual snow. Rhodope
67. Virgineus Helicon. A mountain in the wife of Heemue, together with her hus
Bcaotia, sacred to Apollo and the muses, band, was said to have been changed into
and hence called vireiaeus ; for the muses this mountain.
were all virgins. At the foot of Helicon 70. Mimas. A very high mountain in
were the fountains Aganippe and Hippo- Ionia. The giant Mimas was said to have
crene.
been transformed into it.
67. Haimut. A high mountain in Thrace, 71. Dindyma. Mountains of Phrygia,
separating that country from Mcesia. In sacred to the goddess Cybele. She is
aftertimc it was called CEagrius, because therefore called Dindymene. Dindymus, m.
Orpheus, the son of CEager, was here torn Flur. Dindyma, orum, n.
to pieces by the Bacchanals.
71. Mycale. A mountain, city, and pro
68. JElna. A mountain of Sicily, and montory of Caria.
thf most remarkable volcano in the world. 71. Cithtsron. A mountain in Bo3otia,
The circumference at the base is about sacred to Bacchus, on which Actaeon was
eighty-seven miles, its perpendicular height torn to pieces by his own dogs.
11,000 feet, with an ascent varying from 72. Caucasus. A chain of mountains
twelve to twenty-four miles. It is of the between the Pontus Euxinus and Mare
ehape of a cone, and divided into three re Caspium. Prometheus was chained here
gions ; the first consisting of a rich soil in for stealing fire from heaven.
high cultivation; the second, a woody re 73. Osta. For Ossa, Pindus, and Olym
gion, affording pasturage to flocks and pus, mountains of Thessaly, see notes on
herds; and the third, or highest region, an page 56.
arid waste of lava, scoriae, and ashes, in 74. Alpes. A chain of mountains in
some places covered with snow. As it is the form of a crescent separating Italy from
a volcano, it is here said during Phaethon's Germany, Switzerland, and France. They
conflagration to burn "with redoubled are called aeries, from their great height.
fires."
74. Apenninus. A chain of mountains
69. FamassiLs biceps. A mountain of traversing the middle of Italy.
Phocis with two peaks. See note on page 74. Nubifer; cloud-bearing; cloud-capt.
76. 76. Ncc sustinet: cannot bear.
69. Eryx. A mountain of Sicily, sacred 77. Fervcntes auras: inhales the hot
'.o Venus, who is thence called Erycina. air.
69. Cynthus. A mountain in the island
Breathed hot
)f Delos where Lalona brought forth Apol From all the boundless furnace of the sky.
And the wide glittering waste of burning sand,
lo and Diana. Hence he is called Cyn- A suffocating wind the pilgrim smiles
thius, and she Cynthia.
\Vitli instant death. .THOMSON
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