Ovid's Fasti

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Tempus habent Ustae sidera visa cibi. Limon ut intravit, luctuA Videt omnia plena. Jam spes in puero nulla Salutis erat.

Matre salutata, mater Metanira Vocatur-Jungere dignata est os puerile suo. 540 Pallor abit, subitaeque vigent in corpore VireS. Tantus coelesti venit ab Oro vigor lTota domus laeta est, hoc eSt, materque, paterque, Nataqu0 : tros illi tota suero domus. MOX epula8 ponunt, liquefacta coagula lacte, 545 Pomaque, et in teneris aurea mella favis. Abstinet alma Ceres, somnique papavera cauSaSDat tibi cum topido lacte bibenda, puer. Noctis erat medium, placidique silentia somni; Triptolemum gremio sustulit illa suo, 55OTerque manu permulsit eum : tria carmina dixit, Carmina mortali non reserenda Sono ;Inque seco pueri corpus vivonte favilla Obruit, humanum purget ut igniS OnUS. EXcutitur somno stulte pia mater, et amens, 555

Quid facis p exclamat, membraque ab igne rapit. Cui Dea, Dum non os, dixit scolorata suisti:

Irrita materno sunt mea dono metu.

Iste quidem mortalis erit, sed primus arabit, Et Seret, et culta praemia tollet humo. 56ODixit, et Ogrediens nubem trahit, inque dracones Transit, et aligero tollitur axe Ceres. Sunion expositum, Piraeque tuta receSsu550. Triptolemum. He is called Demophoon in tho Homeridian hymn. I Would recommend thereader to compare that hymn, Orthe analysis of it in my Mythology, With this narrative of Ovid. 563. The poet here seis out onanothser excursion With tho god-dess, in Which he is as nogligent os

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P. OVIDII NASONIS.

Linquit, et in dextrum quae jacet ora latuS. Hinc init 2Egaeum, quo Cycladas adspicit omnes, 565

Ioniumque rapax, Icariumque legit; Perque urbes Asiae longum petit Hellespontum :Diversumque locis alta pererrat iter. Nam modo turilegos Arabas, modo despicit Indos :Hinc Libys, hinc Meroe, siccaque terra Subest. 570Nunc adit Hesperios, Rhenum, Rhodanumque, Padumque, Teque future parens, Tibri, potenti S aquae.

Quo feror 8 immensum est erratas dicere terras :Ρraeteritus Corori nullus in orbe locus.

Errat set in coelo, liquidiquo immunia ponti 575 Alloquitur gelido proxima Signa polo :

Parrhasides Stellae, namque omnia ΠΟSSe poteStiS, EquoreaS numquam quum SubeatiS nquuS- Persephonen miserae natam monstrate parenti.

Dixorat: huic Holico talia verba rosert: 58OCrimine nox vacua est. Solem de Virgine rapta Consule, qui late facta diurna videt. Sol aditus, Quam quaeris, ait, ne Vana laboreS,Νupta Jovis fratri tertia regna tenet. Questa diu secum sic est assata Tonantoni : 586 Maximaque in Vultu Signa dolentis erant Si memor os, do quo mihi sit Proserpina nata; Dimidium curae debot habere tuae. Orbe pererrato, sola est injuria facti Cognita: commissi praemia raptor hab0t. 590567. Ionium γαpam. The Ionian sea Was to the West of Greece. As I cannot suspeet the poet ofmahing such Wilsul confusion, Iassent to those Who suppose liemeant by it the sea On the coastos Ionia in Asia. 569. Turilegos Arabas. Tuam printer Arabiam nullis ac ne Arabiae quidem univer P ; pagu8 Sabinorum regio turifera. Pliny, H. Ν. Xii. Ι4. 57Ι. Hesperios, scit . vias. The Nilo Was in the poei's mind.

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At noquo Persephone digna eSt praedone marito, Nec gener hoc nobiS more parandus erat. Quid gravius victore Gyge captiva tulissem, Quam nunc, te coeli Sceptra tenente, tuli 3 Verum impune ferat: nos haec patiamur inultae. 595 Reddat, et emendet facta priora noVis. Jupiter hanc lenit, factumque eXcuSat amore, Nec gener est nobis ille pudendus, ait. Non ego nobilior. Posita est mihi regia coelo :ΡOssidot alter aquas : alter inane Chaos. 600 Sod si sorto tibi non est mutabile pectus, Statque semel juncti rumpere vincla tori; Hoc quoque tentemus, Siquidem jejuna remansit: Sin minus, inserni conjugis uxor erit. Tartara jussus adit sumptis Caducifer alis, 605Speque redit citius, ViSaque certa refert.

Rapta tribus, dixit, solvit jejunia granis,

Punica quae lento cortice poma tegunt. Haud secus indoluit, quam si modo rapta fuisset, Maesta parens, longa ViXque resecta mora est. 610 Atque ita, Ν0c nobis coelum est habitabito, dixit: Taenaria recipi me quoque Valle jube. Et factura fuit, pactus nisi Iupiter eSSet, Bis tribus ut coelo mensibus illa foret. Tum demum vultumque Ceres animumque recepit, 615

Imposuitque Sude Spicea Sertu Comae. Largaque provenit cessatiS mesSis in arvis. Et vix congestaS area cepit OpeS.

Alba decent Cererem : vestes Cerealibus albas

593. Vietore Gyge, scit. in the Giant-War. Gyges Was one of the Hundred-handed, the allies of Jupiter in the Titan-War. Hes. Th. 149. 600. Inane Chaos. Chaos, Withthe usual confusion of the lator poets, is here put sor Erebus, thepr0per name sor Pluto's reaim.

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Ρ. OVIDII NASONI sSumite; nunc pulli velleris usus abest. 620 occupat Apriles Idus cognomine Victor Iupitor : hac illi sunt data templa die. Hac quoque, ni salior, populo dignissima nostro

Atria Libertas coepit habere Sun. Luce Secutura tutos pete, navita, portus: 625Ventus ab Occasu grandine mixtus erit. Scilicst, ut laserit, tamen hac Μutinensia Caesar Grandino militia contudit arma Sua. Tertia post Veneris quum lux surrexerit Idus, Pontifices, sorda sacra litato bovo. 630Forda serens bos est secundaquo, dicta serendo :Hinc otiam fetus nomen habere putant. Νunc gravidum pecus eSt: graVidae nunc Semine terrae.

620 624. A. U. C. 457. Q. Fabius Maximus, When adVan ingagainst the camp of the Samnitos, voWod a temple to Iupiter Victor, Liv. X. 29. The temple of Liber was dodica ted on Μt. Aventine, in tho timo of tho second PunicWar, by the sathor os Tiberius Gracchus. Liv. xxiv. 16. Tho Atrium Libertatis Was repatred A. U. C. 559, by the censors Paetus and Cornelius Cethegus. 625. Luce secutura. The XVIII. Kal. Μaii. There Was frequentlyhail and ratu at this time. Columella, Xi. 2.

627. Milicet, ut fuerit, bo thisas it may. This rea ling Wassormed by Heinsius. Eight ΜSS.road scilicet et fuerit, eleven sit licet ut Derit, tho remiander have sit liset et fuerit, Whicli Gierig pre-sers, and explains thus: Sit ita, ut eo dio intendum grando Cadat, et fuerit ita et olim. . Mutinensia ανma. Tho batuo of Μutina Was fought A. U. C. 710, against Antony, by the consuis Hirtius and Pansa, and the propraetor, Octavianus Caesar. One of the ConSuis Was SeVerely WOunded, and the other flain in the action ;and as Octavianus either Would not, Or know not hoW to use tho Victory, Antony escapod to Liguria. The flattery of the poet, theresore, goes a litile too sar. 629. Veneris, scit. mensis Ven

630. Tho Fordicidia were Ontho Ι5th April. Fordicidia α fordis bubus. Bos forsi quin fert in ventre ; quod eo die publice immo-

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Tolluri plenae victima plena datur. Pars cadit arco lovis : ter denas Curia vaccas 635 Accipit, et largo sparSa cruore madet. Ast ubi visceribus vitulos rapuere mini Stri, Sectaque sumosis exta dedero socis; Igne cremat Vitulos, quae natu maxima Virgo est,

Luce Palis populos purget ut illo cinis. 610

Rege Numa, fructu non respondente labori, Irrita decepti vota colentis erant. Nam modo siccus erat gelidis Aquilonibus annus, Nunc ager assidua luxuriabat aqua;

Saepe Ceres primis dominum sallobat in horbis. 645

Et lovis obfosso stabat avena Solo :Et pecus anto diem partus edebat acerbOS, Agnaque nascendo Saepe necabat OVem. Silva vetus nullaque diu violata securi Stabat, Μίenalio sacra relicta deo. 65OIllo dabat tacitis animo responsa quieto Noctibus. Hic geminas rex Numa mactat OVeS. Prima cadit Fauno, loni cadit altera Somno. Stornitur in duro Vellus utrumque Solo. Bis caput intonsum sontana spargitur unda, 655lantur boves prinynantes in curiis complures. Asordis cindendis For- dioidia dicta, Varro, L. L. V. Healso R. R. II. 5, 6,) names thesestival Horricidia and Hordicα-lia, and the adjective Hordus, whioli Was the Sabine WOrd. 635. Curia. The singular sortite plures. See last note and ΙΙ.527. 637. Ministri, the poFω, OrVictimarii. 639. Virgo. Tho oldost of tho

lia at the end of the monili. 64Ι. Now comes a legend asVSual, to explain the origin os this practi Q. 649. Compare Virg. AED. Vii. 8Ι, et Reg. Faunus is, as be re, con unded With Pan.

65 I. This divining fleep Wascallod by tho Latins, incubatio;

by the Greeks, ἐγκοίμησις. δε bare dicuntur proprie hi, qui dormiunt ad accipienda responsα, Servius on Virg. l. c. 655. Intonsum, II. 30. All thosollowing practices Were USURI, Onoccasions os consulting the godsin this Way. The reason of themis apparent.

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P. OVIDII NASONIS Bis sua saginea tempora fronde tegit. Usus abest Veneris : nec fas animalia mensis Ponere, nec digitis annulus ullus inest. Vesto rudi tectus supra nova Vellera corpuSΡOnit, adorato per sua verba do . 660 Interea placidam redimita papavere frontem Nox Venit, et Secum Somnia nigra trahit. Faunus adeSt, OViumque premenS pede Vellera duro,

Edidit a doxtro talia dicta toro :Μorto boum tibi, Rex, Tellus placanda duarum : 665

Det sacris animas una necata duaS.

Excutitur terrore quies ; Numa Visa revolvit, Et secum ambages caecaque juSSa resert. Expedit errantem nemori grati SSima conjuX, Et dixit, Gravi P posceris exta bovis. 670Exta bovis dantur gravidae ; felicior annus ovenit, et fructum terra pecuSque ferunt. Hanc quondam Cytherea diem properantius ire Jussit, et aetherios praecipitavit equos,

Ut titulum imperii quam primum luce sequenti 675 Augusto juveni prospera bella darent. Sed jam praeteritas quartus ubi Lucifer Idus Rospicit, hac Hyades Dorida nocte petunt.

669. Errantem, IV. 261. I xviii. 239. Should here, on account of nemori, 677, 678. The XV. Kal. Maias, bo inclined to take this Word in tho Hyades, called by the Latins, iis Primitive sense.-Conjug, E- Suculo , a cluster os Stars in thegeria. head of tho Buli set acronychally. 673-676. On tho 15th April, Seo beloW, V. I 63, et Req.- Ubi. Α. U. C. 724, Augustus Was saluted Somo ΜSS. read tibi.-Dorida. Imperator.-Cyth. diem. prop. ire. Doris, the daughter os Oceanus, He appears here to have had Ho- wise of Nereus, and mother of

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FASTORUM LIB. IV.

Tortia post Hyadas quum lux erit Orta remotas, Carcere partitos Circus habebit equos. 68OCur igitur missae Vinctis ardentia taedis Terga serant Vulpes, causa docenda mihi. Frigida Carseolis, nec olivis apta serendis Terra, sed ad Segetes ingenioSUS ager. Hac ego Pelignos, natalia rura, petebam, 685 Parva, sed assiduis humida Semper aquiS, Hospitis antiqui solitas intravimus sedes :

Dempserat emeritis jam juga Phoebus equis.

tho Noroidos, is lilio hor daughtor Amphitrite, frequently put for the

679, 680. Tho Cerealia stilleontinuod. On tho XIII. Kal.

iliis practice to the district of Carseoli. See particularly VV. 709, 710. ino' scit. at Carseoli Z- Vinetis. This is tho readingos Ono ΜS. only, but that oneos tho best; it has been received by Heinsius and Gierig; almostali tho rost havo junctis; three cinctis ς Ono victis. Five give tho

683. Carseolis, at Carseoli. Ono of tho bost ΜSS. reads pars coli, from Which Heinsius made, and received into the texi, Carseoli. This town Was On the Valerianr0ad, leading Dom Rome to thocountry of the Pelignians. 684. Ingeniosus. Ingenium is used speaking of soli and planis. Nunc locus arvorum ingeniis, Virg. G. II. 177. Arbores silvestres sui cujusque ingenii pomα gerunt, CO-lumella, R. R. III. I.

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P. OVIDII NASONIS Is mihi multa quidem, sed et haec, narrare Solebat, Unde meum praesens instrueretur opus : 690ΗOc, ait, in campΟ-campumque ostendi habebat Rus breve cum duro parca colona Viro. Ille suam peragebat humum, SiVe HSuS aratri, Seu curvae lalcis, SiVe bidentis erat. Haec modo Verrebat stantem tibicino villam:

Nunc matris plumis ova fovenda dabat; Aut virides malvas, aut sungos colligit albos, Aut humilem grato calfacit igne focum. Et tamen assiduis exercet brachia telis, Adversusque minas frigoris arma parat. 700 Filius hujus orat primo lascivus in aevo, Addideratqu0 annos ad duo lustra duoS. Is capit extremi vulpem convallo salicti: Abstulerat multas illa cohortis aVOS. Captivam stipula sonoque involvit, et ignes 705 Admovot. Urentes effugit illa manus Qua fugit, incendit vestitos me8Sibus agrOS :Damnosis vires ignibus aura dabat.

680, 690. It appoars Dom this and Other passages that Ovid, be-sides consulting tho Fasti and Other books, Was diligent in the collection of suci, orat traditions, as might aid him in explaining old

eustoms and religious rites.

692. Duro, hardy, like duri

me ore' juvenci, humeri, etc. Thesollowing is a very pleasing description os an industrious pensantand his Wise of ancient times. ItWοuid apply, Without any alteru-tion, to many a rustic couple inmodern Italy. 693. Peragebat humum. Μihi non satis placet; Codd tamen nihil varietatis suppeditant.' Gie-rig

usus erat etiam ad premendas um

bras ruris Opaci. Virg. G. I. I 55, et seq. Unde apparet describi hie diligontissimum colonum,' Gierig. As the poet is speahingos a smali sarm in a plain, Ι Wouldhere restrict the meming offalcis, Whicli is placed immediately after the plough, to sichie. For cur P, eleven ΜSS. sollowed by Hein-sius and Gierig, read cavae. One of tho bost has sive citruviri 695. Tibicine. The tibicen Wasa prop set against the wali os aliouse, to koep it Dom salting out. 703. Extremi. conval. Sal. In the end os a valley planted withsalloWs, that is, among the falloWs

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Factum abiit: monumenta manent; nam Vivere captam

Nunc quoque lex Vulpem Carseolana vetat. 71OUtque luat poenas gens haec, Cerealibus ardoi, Quoque modo Segetes perdidit, ipsa perit.

Postera quum Veniet terras ViSura patentes Memnonis in roseis lutea mater equis;

De duce lanigeri pecoris, qui prodidit Hellen, 715

Sol abit: egresso Victima major adeSt. Vacca Sit an taurus, non eSt cognoScere promptum :Pars prior apparet: posteriora latent. Seu tamen est taurus, SiVe est hoc semina Signum, Junone invita munus amoris habet. 720Nox abiit, oriturque Aurora. Palilia poScor.

704. Cohortis. Duo erant ovia aria sive cohoνωS ; una in plans, in qua pascebantur galliam ς altera sublimis, in qua erant columbin in turribus aut summa villa. Varro, R. R. III. 3, 6. The cohors Wasthe Grook χο τος. It WaS round, as the solioWing passage of Cato Orig. iv.) sheWs, Mapalia vocantur ubi habitant; ea quasi cohortes rotundoe sunt.-Aves, like tho Grookορνιθες. See On I. 455. 709 712. Theso linses, Ithink, prove the custom to have been peculiar to Carseoli. Comparethe account gi ven in tho book of Judges of Sampson making use Oflaxes to set fire to the corii of the PhilistineS.

716. Victima major, Scil. the Buli a bad periphrasis l7 17 720. In the ancient, as in the modern representations of the stellar heaven, Only the sorepartos Taurus Was dr n. Hence, ito uid not be said whether it Was abuti or a coW. Some, there re,

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P. OVIDII NASONIS Non poscor frustra, si savet alma Pales. Alma Pales, saveas pastoria sacra canenti, Ρrosequor ossicio si tua sesta pio. Certe ego de vitulo cinerem stipulasque sabales, 725 Saepe tuli plena februa cnSta manu. Certo ego transilui positas ter in ordine flammas,

Udaque roratas laurea miSit u tu .

rilias. Palilia dicta a Pale, quod ferim ei dem sunt, Varro, L. L. V. Pales dea pastoralis est, cujus dies festus Palilia dicuntur, nisi quod qui m a partu Ilim Parilia dicere maluerunt, Carisius Inst. Gram.

I. p. 55. Solinus, c. I , and the Scholiast on Persius, Sat. I. at Somention this dorivation. This last quotes Dom Cicoro's Philippios the solioWing passage, Whicli is notnow to bo found in them: Hi lia, quin nunc Parilia mutatis literis dicimus. Parilia is also thoterm used by ali tho Grook WriterS, except Plutarch. Thero is certainly, no doubi, but that both Palilia and Parilia Wero in use intho timo of Ovid, and that, per-haps, many regarded the lalter, whioli Would appear tO QOme Sonatural ly hom pario, to bo thetruo name of a sestival of spring, When every herb and troe brings sortii, and beast and bird producetheir young. But stili, as thename of the goddess Was alWays Pales, We may be qui te sure stat Palilia mas the original name Oftho sestival.-Poscor, scit. ad -- lilia. Poscimur Aonid . Μet. V. 333. Poscimur. Hor. Car. I. 32.

I, to his lyre. 722. Pales. Pales dea est pα-buli, qu- alii Vestam, αlii Μα-trem Deum volunt. Hanc Vimialius genere feminino Magna Pales) reppellat, alii, inter quos Varro, maSculino genere. Servius OnVirg. G. III. I. This malo doity

uni ted in ossice. 725. De vitulo cinerem. See V. 637, et Seg.

726. Februa. See II. 19. 727. Palilia tum publicα quam

privata sunt. Et est genus hilariatatis et lusus apud Musticos, ut comgestis cum foeno stipulis ignem magnum transiliant his Palilibus, se emplari credent , Varro. See also Tibull. II. 5. Properi. iv. I. The