THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
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severe a fate.<br />
NOTJE.<br />
LIBER II.<br />
55. Colit stagna pu-<br />
tulosque lacus: pero-<br />
susqnc igncm, elegit<br />
flumina contraria<br />
flammis, quas colat<br />
fit. Tnquit, mea SOTS<br />
fuit satis irrequietn ab<br />
principiis scvi: piget-<br />
que labornm actorum<br />
mihi sine tine, sine ho<br />
nore.<br />
68. Turn expertas<br />
vires iguipedum equo<br />
rum, sciet ilium non<br />
meruisse necem qui<br />
nou rexerit illos b'-iie.<br />
72. Missos ignes: the thunderbolt that<br />
had been cast.<br />
73. Minas addit : adds threats to en<br />
treaty. Lucian, in one of his dialogues,<br />
gives an account of the matter:<br />
JUPTTER. However, for this once, I pardon<br />
you; but if ever hereafter you are guilty of the<br />
like again, by employing such a substitute, you<br />
shall presently see how much hotter the fire of<br />
my lightning is than yours! In the menu time,<br />
let his sisters bury him on tlie hanks of the<br />
Eridanus, where he fell from the chariot, weep<br />
ing tears of amber over him, and be transformed<br />
through grief iuto poplars. Do you iminedi-<br />
ntely repair your chariot; for the pole is broke,<br />
and one of the wjieels is shattered; then put the<br />
horses to and drive on! But remember what I<br />
have said to you. DIALOGUES <strong>OF</strong> <strong>THE</strong> DEITIES.<br />
73. JRegaliier: like a king; like one<br />
who had a ris;ht to command him.<br />
74. Colligtl amentes: he collects the<br />
frantic horses.<br />
74. Terrore. With fear of the thun<br />
derbolt nnd the conflagration.<br />
76. Nalum objeclat: casts up his son<br />
the death of his son. The last three lines<br />
of this (able are considered of doubtful<br />
ntiihority. The last line, especially, ha»<br />
little of tho usual grace of Ovid.<br />
FABULA III. METAMORPHOSEON.<br />
Who committed the body of Phaethon<br />
to the tomb ?<br />
Who were the Naiads ?<br />
What moral does the inscription on the<br />
.omb convey ?<br />
What effect had the death of Phaethon<br />
on his sisters ?<br />
What do the names of his sisters repre<br />
sent?<br />
What transformation did they undergo?<br />
What attempt in the mean time did<br />
Iheir mother make ?<br />
What was the result of this attempt?<br />
Did the tears of the Heliades continue to<br />
flow after they were changed to trees ?<br />
What change did their tears undergo ?<br />
What is amber, and where is it princi<br />
pally found ?<br />
What use is made of amber?<br />
Of what trees is it most probably an<br />
exudation?<br />
20<br />
QU^STIONES.<br />
153<br />
Why were the Hrliades said to be<br />
changed into poplars ?<br />
Who was a witness of the transforma<br />
tion of the sisters of Phaethon ?<br />
Over what people did he reign?<br />
Into what was he metamorphosed ?<br />
What probably suggested the idea of<br />
this metamorphosis ?<br />
What does Pausanias say of Cycnus ?<br />
Who gives a humorous account of a pre-<br />
tended visit to the Po ?<br />
Is amber to be found in that region ?<br />
What writers make this statement ?<br />
What effect had Jhe loss of his son upon<br />
Apollo ?<br />
How was he induced to assume the di<br />
rection of his chariot ?<br />
How did Apollo treat his horses after<br />
the death of his son?<br />
What lines in this fable are of doubtful<br />
authority?
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