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— ; AS ubi verborum pcenas mentisque profana? Cepit Atlantiades ; dictas a Pallade terras Linquit, et ingreditur jactatis asthera pennis. Sevocat hunc g-enitor ; nec causam fassiis amoris. Fide minister, ait, jussorum, nate, meorum, Pelie moram, sohtoque celer delabere cursu : Quaeque tuam matrem telkis a parte sinistra Suspicit, (indigenas Sidonida nomine dicunt,) Hanc pete ; quodque procui montano gramine pasci Armentum regale vides, ad httora verte. 10 Dixit : et expulsi jamdudum monte juvenci Littora jussa petunt ; ubi magni fiha regis Ludere, virginibus Tyriis comitata, solebat. Non bene conveniunt, nec in una sede morantur, NOT^. «r'. 1. VerhoTum: of the speech of 13. Ludere : to sport fll* Agraulos. So said, aiid boundeJ up, aud sought her train 2. Diclas a Fallade : named from Pal- Of dear companions, all of noble strain. las. Of equai years and slalure; jjentle. kind, Svveet 10 the sight, and pleasant to the rnind 7. Tuam matrem. Maia. the mother of With wliorn she sported. wlien shc led the choir Mercury, and one of the Pleiades. Or in the river's urn-like reservoir 7. Tellus. Phenicia, which lies on the She bathed he- limbs, or in tlie meadow slept, left to those who look towards the Ple- Aiid from its bosum odorous iilies cropt. lades. MOSCHU». 8. Sido7iida. Sidonis, the name of the 13. Tijriis virginibus: with the Tyrian country of Phenicia, taken from Sidon, ils virgins. Tyre was a city of Phenicia^ capital. near Sidon. 11. Jamditdum prtunt: are already seek- 14. No7i bene conveviunt : do not well mg. No sooner does Jupiter command agree. He expresses tlie same idea in his than Mercury executes. Epistles. 12. Filia regis. Europa, the daughter Nunc male res junctas calor et reverentta pug of Agenor. nant. Epistola. xvii. 25 R 193 — ; : : ; : 194 P. OVIDII NASONIS [1 Majestas et amor. Sceptri gravitate relicta, 15 Ille pater rectcrque deum ; cui dextra trisulcis IgnilDus armata est, qui nutu ccmcutit orbem Induitur tauri faciem ; mistusque juvencis Mugit, et in teneris formosus obambulat herbis. 20. Quippe color epis Ciuippe color nivis est ; quam nec vestigia duri 20 est color iiivi.=, qiiam (^alcavere pedis, nec solvit aquaticus Auster. iiec vesiigia duri pcdis calcavere, iiec aqua- (Jolla toris extant : armis palearia pendent ticus Ausler solvit. < .'Ornua parva quidem ; sed quse contendere possis Facta manu, puraque magis perlucida gemma. 25. Null.-T' rtiinrc.sMni NulljB in fronte minse ; nec formidabile lumen 25 ; iii froiite; iiec luineu Pacem vultus habet. Miratur Agenore nata, cst formidal)ile. vultus liabet pticeiii. Q,u.Qd tam formosus, quod proeha nulla minetur. Sed. quamvis mitem, metuit contingere primo. Mox adit ; et flores ad candida porrigit ora : ( iaudet amans minc oscula dat manibusque puellse. 30 Et nunc alludit, viridique exsultat in herba Nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit arenis : NOT.E. 16. Trisulcis ignihns. This epithet, tri- 22. Toris extant: stands out with brawn. suJcis, is applied to thunderboUs, because The necks of bulls havc greal ridges ot they blast, cleave, and burn. heavy muscle, which indicare remarkable Coii:?irler llie llireefold elTect of Jupiter's tri- strength. So Virgil, in speaking of a sulc. 10 barn. discuss, and terebrate. Browx. horse Within the ^rasp Luxuriatque tovis auiraosura pectus. Of ihy unconqueralile hand is he]d Georgic iii. 81. Thy minister. the ever-liviug bolt. Hymn of Cleaxthes. 22. Faleariri pc?ide?if : his dewlap liangs down. The flesh that hangs from tne 17. Co7icutit orhem: shakes the "vvorld. throat and ncck of o.\en, like a rutHe. Thy sacred thunders shake the blest abodes, Et crurum teiuis a meiito jialearia p udent. The shining- repfions of tiie immortal gods ; VlRRT Thy power divine tlie flaming lightning shrouds With dark investiture in fluid clouds. 25. NaJJoi mino'.. Thc corrugations in 'Tis thine to brandish thunders stroug and dire, the forehead of the buU are wcll known, To scatter storms and dreadful darts of fire: and give a terrible aspect. Wilh waving flames involvingall around, him In the Aiid bolls of thnnder of treinendous sound. brovv of this buli were no wrinkles. Rapid. elhereai liolt. (lesoending fire 25. Nec fonnidubile Ji/nic/i: uov was hi3 Tlie earth. all-parenl. trenibles"at thy ire eye frightful. kSo Moschus : The sen, all-shining', and each beasi, that hears His sparkling eyes with love's sofi histrf The souud terrific, wiih dread horror fears. gleamed llYMN OF OkPUEUS TO JUPITER. ; His arched horiis like Dian"s crescein scemed. 18. Tauri fuciem: the Ibrm of a bull. Idyl li. To show tlie rage 28. Conlingere: to tonch hini. Hera, aiid the virgiii's Of inind engage, Ife came into tlie ineadow. uor tlie siglii To dravv lier eyes, aud her attention claim, Fluttered the virgius iuto sudden flight : He hid hisgodhead, and a bull became. Bul tliey desired lo (oiich aiid see liim iiear. Moscuus. MOSCHUS. 19. Mugit: he lows. 29. Flores porrigil : oflcrs fliivvcrs. Eu- Softly he lowed ; no lowiiig of a brute ropa vvas gathcriiig flow(M-s wlien she was It seemed, but inurmur of Mygdonian flute. carried ofif by Jupitcr; and Froscrpine Mosciius. waa employed in likc manncr whcn seized bv 20. Color nivis : the color of snow. Pluto. Moschus, on the contrary, describes his Nuper in pratis studiosa florum, et color as yellow: Debil.-e Nymphis opifex coron.x.— Hobace, His body all a yejlow hue did own, But a white circle in his forehead shone. 30. OscnJadai: kisses her hands. lUYL ii. IJefore Europa's fcet he halied meek, 21. Nec solvit. When snow bogins to Licked her fair neck, and eke her rosy cheek. MoscHoai n~.elt it takes a leaden color. Hut beautiful and fair as unsunued snow. 32. Lalus dcponit: hiys his side in the Anon. grass. : : : — : : :; ! : 7 : FAZTii xn. METAMORPHOSEON. 195 Paulatimque metu demto, modo pectora praebet Virginea piaudenda manu ; modo cornua sertis Impedienda novis. Ausa est qucque regia vjrgo, 3^ 35. Begia rirgo ne»- cia qoem premeret, Nescia quem premeret. tergo considere lauri. aasa est quoqae co&- ndere lergo taori Cum Deus a terra, sicccque a littore, sensim Falsa pedum primis vestigia ponit in undis. Inde abit ulterius. mediique per aequora ponti XOT^. Down on his Inieeslie slonk ; and first her eyed, Aroond their king, in close array, did keep And ihen his back, as asking her lo ride. Tbe load-Toiced Tritoi.s. minstrels of the deep, MOSCETS. And with their couchs proclaimed the naptis! Zi. Flaudenda: to be patted. Eong:. Bat on JoTc-s baU-back. as she rode alon^, Ei plaoss sonitom cervicis amare. The maid with one hand grasped his branching Vmeii. GeoTgic iiL born. 36. Nescia quaitpremerel: ignoranl whom The flowin^ robe, that did her form adom. she pressed. Dido, in like maDoer, when Raised wiih the oiher hand. and tried to save From the salt moistare of ihe sancy waTC pTe^ing Cupid to her liosom, is ignorant Her robe. inlSated by the wanton breeze. of the deity that is plotting her nrin Seemed like a ship*s sail hoTerin? o"er tbe seas Inscia Dido, AIoscHTs. Idvl ii. Insideat quantos miserse deos. Lneian, in his Dialogues of Marine Dei- Yrasn- -Eneid i. ties, has also copied Moschtis Tcry closely, 36. Terso amsidere. She dared to at though, according to his custom, he haa on his back. This scene is beaatifally de- ihrown an air of the burlesque oTer the ecribed by iloschus whole. His description would a^ord a The long-haired maidens she began lo eali painter a snbject for rich and splendid de- - Come.lei os ride, his back wiM hold os all, lineation. ZTen as a ship ; a bnll, nnlike the rest, As if a hnman heart was in his breast. ZzPHTSCs. No ; ncTer haTe I beheld snch » He gentle is. and tractable and meek, brilliant scene npon the ocean since I first be And wants bat Toice his gentleness to speak. gan to blow! Bid not yoa see it, Soathwind Iim.iL Nonrs. What seene are yoa speakiug of Zephyr l Who were the performers ! 38. FaUa restig^ia: the false footsteps. ZEPHTacs. Yoa haTe niissed a sighi- ihe lik* They are called false, becanse he was not of which may ncTer be seen zgain. a real buH : also. because they are em- ^borcs. Ihad bosiness to do on the Bed ployed in practising an imposition npon and then to blow through ihe whole coast5tOl I nothing^ aboal the maiden. India: iherefore nndersland wliat yoa are talking o£ She said, and monnted smilin^, bnt before Zefsyhcs. Yon know Agenor. at ^cn ? Another did. he bonnded Ibr ihe sbore. ^orrs. The faiher of Ecropa? Cerlainiy rhe royal Tirgin strack with infant fear. wby do you ask ? Stretched oat her hands. and called her play- ZsFHTKCs. Whai I haTe to relate concerna mates dear that same Europa. Bol how coald they the raTished priocess reach ? Noxrs. 5Iay be, that Jupiter is in k>Te wiih He, like a dolphia, pnshed ont from the beach. her ! Thai I knew lon» ago. MOSCHC-S. ZsFHxacs. That he is her loTcr, yoa know hear now what were tbe eonseqnences. Eorc^a. 40. Fcrei iif^r : she is a&aid. So Ho- wilh a number of girls of faer own age, had coax race down lo the shore lo diTert ihemselTes in juTe- Sic et Earope niTeam doloso nile sports. Ifhexpectedly, Jnpiter presenled Credidit tanro latas. et scatentem himself in the shape of an amazingiy fine bull, Bellnis pontam ivediasqae frandes aud mingled in their pastime ; he was al' oTer Pallait aadax. Lsb. m. Od- 27. white. had boms graeefuUy tnraed back. and a loTcly leering eye. leaped and capered about 40. Liltus respidt : she looks back to the shore as if maddened wiih joy, and lowed the shore.