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were depicted the sceno of dangor and tho es cape of the thank-Osserera; whils the lothos hic the had wornis the occasion, hungi Withthe tablet, complete the momorial of thei deli veranee. 447. Aurora ad falle in ovo with an carriod o tho beauti sui Tithonus, the sonis Laomodon hingi Troy. illi the passage i tho

coti Stant recurrene of Such forma.

456. ferrere is here of the third conjugation, it present indicativo fervo It is the Same in meauin a the more uSual fervere, it preSent indicative ferNeo. 466 468. me th sun also pitio Romo at the murderi Caesar, whon lis enuelope his eum lisa in usk dinginess, an impioua mortala dreade an terna night.' Having jus observed that the sun foretela ara an tumulis, he ahe occasion to mentio the prodigio uspalenes of the sun affer the deathi Julius Caesar Thenae digresses into a beautiful account of the ther prodigies hic aro sal to avo

appeare at tho Same time. ut though he represent these extraordinar appearunce a ConSequence of the murdor o Caesar, et a thesam time herahows that the predicted the civit,ar of Augustus and Anton against Brutus an CaSSius. The reade cannot ut observe

se ne iii. and tho Speee o Lenno in Maobeth, II. iii. 487. hunde in a cloudies Ahy aclookod upo by the ancient asa prodigy Compare Horaee, Od. I. XXiv. 5-8 . . . Namque DieSpiter, Igni corusco nubila dividens

Plerumque, Per purum tonantes Egit equos Volueremque currum :

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7. nudata The allusion is to the ancient custo os troading ut the rapes it bare Dei; a custo still retaine in Some iue- producing countries DP. Trapp translate those two linea thus: Hither, Lenaeus, ather, come and tinge Thy log utibushin' in ne must, it me. The version o Drydon has se characteriSed,-and wit apparent

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O Venus, rogina Cnidi Paphique,

Sperno dilectam Cypron &e. 66. Herctilemque yc. The tres o Hercules a the white o silvor poplar, calle in Ecl. VII. 1, Populus Alcidae gratiSsima.' He oro a chaplet of iis leaves hen se sent down to rebus, hoSe hadea imparte to the undo par of the foliago tho dar tingo hic distinguishes it Dom thes bright uppe SurlaCe. 67. Chaonii Dcitris. Iupiter See note o Georgic Ι 8.

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73-75. inserere, grasting. -o Jos imponere inoculation.' Thamode of performin these operations is sal by Virgil noto bosimpleae that is, ine-fold, ne Singie,' ut two id different. Non si idem inserere quod et oculos imponere. Servius. Here thepoet hows the differendo etween rastin an inoculating. Inocu

87. pomaque et Alcinoi syirceis ah EDdiady for pomisi inoi sylvarum. The orchar of the Phoenicianaing, Alcinous, ichnown by the deseri Plion o Homer in the OdyssHy VII. 114-121.

88. Crustumiis. Cruδtumium o Crustumerium Was a countr in theterritor of the Sabines. 90, 1. Lesbos with Methymna as ne os ita principes o s and Thasos ore istand of the Mare Meum. Mareotides. On the ordera of the gyptian ah Mareotis ero grown Severat inda of Superior Wines, among hic the white produce hora gree grapes Was mosthighi osteemed. 93. Psithia . . . Lageos Theso ere two Greeian ines the onctmade homirie grapes ut 6 pas. σι the ther a b Rh heatin Wine. B tenuia is meant, quichi circulat in through the vela S. s. Georgic I. 2.96-98. Rhoetica, c. itis Rhaetia corresponde to the modern Tyro auxili most ortheri par of Lombardy. The est Rhaeti an Wineare in the figlibourhood of Verona, and wa the avolarito inoo Caesar Octavianus. Falernis Tho Falernian ine, grown in Campania, stood in tho very highes estimation. 97. The stron Amiso an ines ero O Greeian Origin, and when introduce luto Ital appear o have been cultivate chiest in an

105. Libyci quoris, the Libya plain or desert.' See note on Georgi I. 50. 1lb fictos Gelonos, 'horiatio od Geloni, ' in Scythia. 121. Serra. An orionia nation, probabi the Chinoso It was a Popular notion amon tho Romans of Virgil a time that sil Was a sortos down trippe hom ortho sollage of trees.

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131, 135. ad prim is a poetica expressio sor in primis. So tho

that tho Parthians ure distinguished for-or, ather, distinguishabio by thoi lauti brenth, a result of thei intempserato abiis Thoir

137, 138 Ganges A tho principat riveri Italy.-Hermuni a riverit Lydia It receive tho Pactolia famous for ita olde sand A. Bactra is the capital o Bactria, a counto Siluate between Parthia o thocas and Indiam the west. 143. Massicus humor, tho Massio ine,' Wa grown o a mountainin Campania, and was held in considerable estimation. 146. Clitumnus, a riveri Umbria in Italy. The Oxon hic growinit noigh bourhood ero hite; hicli cireum Stanee the ancient considorod o bo tho resultis thoi proximit to that rivor. 159 Larius, the Lago di Como, ea Milan. Benacus, the Lago di

161 portus. The celebrate Portus Iulius, etwpon Bais and Puteoli, in Campania, a formed by the junctio of tho laeus Lucrinus with tho lacus Avernus, and was protocto agaiust the violones of thosea by mean o mole or barrier claustra). Acilis lacus Avernus lay mors inland than the lacus Lucrinu8, the meaning of vers 16 is readii pereeiVed. l67. Marsos. The braver of the Marsi, aloopis of Italy, was attested

by a prover mentioned by Appian ουτ κατα Μαρσιον ουτε ἄνευ Μαρσιον

γενεσθαι θρίαμβον, ' there a no triumphin either ver tho Marsi oragainst the Marsi. 176. Aserinum carmen Amaiymith an allusion to Hesiod ho was a nativo of Ascra in Boeotia and who roto a Gree poem o agriculture. Whon, howevor, Virgil cali hi Wor seraeum carmen,' heloes notwish to intimato that Dis by an mean a mors imitation o H siod, but rather intendario Santhat in among tho Greeliam stod in his Εργα και Ημεραι, a the fit Strio furniS Pule and precept upo agriculturo

aut obesus Etruscus.'

interrogative quantus may alWay be translate by our,or as.' In the cases, o ever, in hich the relativo clavsse that introduced by quantus - precedes the correlativo clauso that introduce by tantu/-it is generali beller, speciali in poetry to talio thom in b

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224, 225. Veseriis fro the foris Gerus, common in Lucretius, insteado Vesuvius.-Clanius, a riVeri Campania entered the Sexat Linternum. In iis courserit passed by the ancient tow of Acenae, Whic Wa aliost depopulate by it frequent inundations. 273, 274. ἈScertain, sirst, hether o had belle planto our vineaon thea illa oris a plain.' Some edition rea vitem instea of ites Ibut, at ali evenis, the mean in os the precept is, irs doterminowhotho it illae inore advaritageous for oest form Our Vineyardo tho hilis ori a plain. 277. indulge ordinibus, sparorou rows;V that is leave a good spacobet eo every two rows Ordinibus is the dative case. in unguem, accurately, exactiy. his expresSion is borro Ne fro sculptora Who teste the smoothnes and Deatnes of their or by passing thoirnail ver t. Similari Horace, Sat. I. V. 32, Fontrius ad unguem factus homo; ' and Ars Poetica, 294 Carmen perfectum decies castigare ad unguem.

298. Tot not our vin0yard loo toWard the Settin Sm V i. e. , letthem Dot havem esteri aSpecti There i a Simila usage of vergere in CaeSar, B. G. I. i. 320. candida aris. By the ,hit hird cis meant the stork, ciconia. longis invis colubris. Soaighly ere Atork value in Thessaly, as destroyers of Serpents that- are tolda Pliny-it was a capital crime to hil one of them These bird are, at the present day, held in Lindis superstitious reverene in many paris of India. 341. ferrea progenies, the iron raee.' Some edition read terrea. But Viro probabi ha in his mi Dd an expression o HeSiod νυν γὰρ δη γενος ἐστὶ σιδηρεον. An ferre progenie ver much resembles thodurum genus o Georgic I. 348. lapidem ibidum, . e. to imbibe the water. r. Evelyn, after mentionisg the lacin os olfherds stinis, or ebblin par the ooto the stem, add this caution But remembera ou remove them astera competent time, eis the vermin, natis, an in Seet Whicli the produce and shelter, ill gnam, an greatly injure thei barh and ther fore t lay a coat of mois rotte littor it a litile earthipon it, ill preserve it mois in summer, and war in Winter euriching the alio era

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464. Ephyreiaque era, and Corinthia bronge. -Ephyre a an oldnam so Corinth, a cit celebrate sor it manufacture in bronge. 467. t. Noto the Se of the adverSative partieleit, hicli is ro-poato foverat times, juSto the rench repent the particis mala. nescia fallere Deo hom mile, literatim tot knowinthois to deceivo 'tho Roman poeta Aometime emplo an adjective before a Verb. Cf. Ecl. V. , levi instare. 469. frigida Tempe, coo ValleyS. he or Tempe neut plur. , a valle o ThesSaly, is sed for vales in generat. 474. Iustitia. See note Oniel. IV. . 475. primum ante omnia, MOS O all,-abovo ali hings.' Somocrities ah the worda ut omni a qualid in dulces Musae, and thopositio of the word Seem to justis that explanation. Vos dolandstho alter opinion.

477. Among the gist of the Muses, the poet mention a knowledge of

astronom an natura philosophy.479. unde tremor terris, ,hene earth quake arisse.

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527. ipse tho mastpraimself. 529. Lenaee i. e. Baech HS. 536. Dictae reo is, .e Jupiter Eo calle Dom tho mouutat Dicte, in Creta.

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SUMMARY. 1-48. Invocatio an Introduction. 49- 1. O th mark of a good eo , and o breoding. 72 122 Tho Atalliou. 123208. The care of hine calves, and Dalf. 209-285. O the svry adestre in animal o various pocios. 286-473. O tho care of heeland gonis, illi an opis odica digression poti tho pastora lis of the Libyans and the Scythians. 74 566. Description o an epidemic

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89. Amyclini Pollucis Castor an Pollux ero ducate at Amyclae in Laconia. Sinc it is Castor,hom tho Gres poeta ianito in describingas the mos distinguishod horsomst of the two Virgil A generali sup- poserto havo ut Pollux or Castor, i a postic licenco accordiugi Some, ut Domin lapsus memorio aceordinito thei S.

92, 3. Amros logen relatos ronos Saturn to avo se thelather of tho Centaur Chiron by the nymph Phillyra; and thatio ludo