307. obsitus, weighed down.

309. ingrediens, as he walked.

310. faciles, quick.

311. singula, with monimenta.

312. conditor, as having founded the city on the Palatine. 316. mos, law, established customs. - cultus, civilization. 317. parcere parto, hoard their gains.

318. alebat, change the voice.

319. primus, i.e. the first person from abroad.

320. regnis ademptis, with the loss of his kingdom.

321. indocile, intractable.

322. composuit, organized. — Latium, probably akin rather to λατύς.

323. maluit, i.e. rather than Saturnia, as would be natural.

324. latuisset, indirect discourse.

326. decolor, less brilliant, discolored from the purity of gold, i.e. the brazen age.

329. posuit, laid aside, i.e. changed.

330. Thybris: this king was said to have been drowned in the Tiber. 336. Carmentis, an old Italian prophetic nymph (cf. sementis), who, in the effort to unite the different myths, was made the mother of Evander. — auctor, inspiring, i.e. the authority for the words of the nymph.

338. Carmentalem, afterwards called Scelerata, because the Fabii went out of this gate, never to return.

343. rettulit, made, simply; cf. reddo, and xi. 426, with examples in vocabulary. Lupercal, a cave in the Palatine hill, in which were celebrated some ancient rites, apparently of a propitiatory character, afterwards attached to the Lycæan Pan.

344. Parrhasio, Arcadian, a part being put for the whole.

345. Argileti, a place in Rome, probably so called from the clay (argilla) dug there; but by a popular etymology the name gives rise to a legend of the death of Argus. — testatur, tells the story of.

354. aegida: this is the defensive armor of Jupiter, as the thunderbolt is his weapon of attack, and no doubt symbolizes the storm-cloud, here transferred to his right hand. Its meaning is, however, involved in a mythological maze, which connects it with the skin of the goat that suckled Jupiter, and various other myths. Cf. v. 435.

358. Saturnia: there was most probably an old town on the Capitoline before the founding of Rome on the Palatine, and afterwards the two were united.

361. Carinis, one of the finest and busiest quarters of Rome, conceived at this early time as still a pasture.

364. te dignum finge, compose your mind worthily, &c., i.e. feel as he felt.

365. asper, offended.

369. A new subject, the obtaining of the arms of Æneas by his mother, wherein Virgil imitates Il. xviii. 428.

4, N.

370. haud nequiquam, not without reason.

374. vastabant, for imperfect, see § 276, e, N.; G. 571; H. 467, iii.

375. debita, justly doomed, i.e. fated to fall.

382. eadem, though not before, i.e. the same goddess who before refrained, now asks, when the circumstances have changed. — sanctum, always revered. - numen, acc. of the person after rogo.

383. filia Nerei, Thetis, see Il. as above.

384. Tithonia coniunx, Aurora, who, it would seem, obtained the same boon for her son Memnon; cf. i. 751.

385. moenia, cities; the Latin forces the figure farther than is allowable in English.

387. hinc atque hinc, on the left and right.

390. labefacta, yielding.

395. ex alto, from afar, i.e. no such excuse is needed.

396. cura, i.e. on the part of Venus.

403. animae, blast, of course, from the bellows, but put more generally here with a poetic feeling. — precando, i.e. by your prayers to show a doubt of your power.

406. infusus, lying.

407. abactae, rolling on.

409. tenui, an ornamental epithet of the thread.

421. stricturae, the pliant masses.

423. hoc, an archaic form of huc. Cf. eo, illo.

424. exercebant, busied themselves with. Cf. vii. 380.

429. radios, cf. Figs. 37 and 43, which show the conventional form of the thunderbolt. The component parts of the thunder-storm are poeti

cally conceived as worked into the bolt. Even the personal feelings of the hurler and the effect upon men's minds are put in as a kind of spice into a recipe.

437. in pectore, see Fig. 76, and cf. Il. v. 738.

448. orbes, usually taken as plates, but perhaps better of concentric rings overlapping each other.

451. gemit, etc., after the casting is done the forging begins, indicated by setting up the anvils.

457. artus, see § 240, c, N.; G. 332, R.2; H. 377.

459. Tegeaeum, a part of the whole; cf. v. 344.

468. licito, unhindered, i.e. by the presence of others.

470. quo sospite, whose life being spared.

471. equidem, I for my part "do not think so, though that is commonly supposed, and would seem so where the city has been burned." 472. pro nomine tanto, for our great name, i.e. as Arcadians of noble descent and of famous history.

475. tibi (depending on iungere), but in your case, i.e. in general

we are weak as allies, but at this moment I can do you a service less directly. regnis, power, properly separate cities and the like, which they control.

478. saxo, vetusto: no doubt on account of the walls being built with the huge irregular blocks of stone of the ancient style, called Pelasgic or Cyclopean; see Fig. 125, and cf. the walls of Mycenae. Some of its tombs still exist, built in the style of the tombs (treasure houses) at My.

cenae.

479. Agyllinae, also called Caere. — Lydia: the Lydian origin of the Etruscans was generally received, and is very probably true.

481. deinde tenuit, since has called.

487. genus, in a kind of apposition with the preceding clause; a construction not uncommon in Greek. Cf. vi. 223.

492. inter caedem, amid the carnage, i.e. while the people were cutting down his defenders.

493. hospitis, hospitable; properly his host who received him, probably having relations of hospitium with him.

498. signa ferre, supply me, the technical expression for advancing to the fight, here naturally applied to the leader.

499. Maeoniae, cf. v. 479.

503. optate, choose; cf. i. 570.

506. Tarchon, an Etruscan name akin to Tarquinius.

507. succedam, the request in indirect discourse.

508. tarda, etc., but age all sluggish with its chill and wasted with many years, &c.

510. ni, etc., if, being of mixed race by a Sabine mother, he did not draw his parentage in part from here, so that he is partly of this country. 519. suo nomine, i.e. equipped and paid by him.

522. putabant, were beginning to revolve, &c. R.2; H. 511, I.

See § 308, b; G. 599,

533. ego... Olympo, i.e. it is I that the heavenly signs call upon. 534. cecinit, etc., the promise has not been given.

542. Herculeis, i.e. he makes a sacrifice to Hercules.

543. hesternum, since yesterday, newly adopted (cf. v. 275), i.e. Æneas worships the household god of the family into which he had come yesterday as a guest. Perhaps this was Hercules, to whom the preceding verse refers. parvos, humble, as suited to the modest home of Evander. 550. nuntia ventura, to carry tidings.

552. exsortem, special, out of the common lot such as fell to the others. 560. referat, see § 267, b; G. 254; H. 483, i.

561. qualis: the antecedent would properly be tali, agreeing grammatically with mihi, but referring to the whole idea.

564. Feronia, cf. vii. 800.

565. terna, etc., thrice had he to be met in battle, even if he were conquered and slain.

569. finitimo huic capiti, me his neighbor.

584. conlapsum, fainting.

594. proxuma meta viarum, the course was shortest, lit. the end of the way was nearest.

598. nigra, etc., i.e. the fir growing on the hills surrounds the sacred grove.

600. Silvano, cf. Ecl. x. 24 and note.、

601. diem, i.e. a special feast-day.

603. tuta locis, in a strong position.

605. tendebat, cf. ii. 29.

611. ultro, purposely.

620. flammas, cf. vii. 786.

622. sanguineam must be taken of the color, as the armor was new, though it may be a stock epithet.

628. textum, blazonry, referring to the subjects embossed thereon. 631. procubuisse, lying.

634. fingere, cf. the proverbial “lick into shape,” of the bear.

638. severis: the Sabines were regarded as the most ascetic of all the Latin nations.

642. Mettum, see the familiar story in the legendary history of Rome. 643. maneres, see § 266, e; G. 266, R.3; H. 483, 2, N.

650. adspiceres, see § 311, a; G. 252; H. 485.

654. recens, i.e. then newly made compared with Virgil's time. regia: the straw-thatched hut of Romulus was long preserved as a supposed relic.

661. auro, i.e. the collar which the Gauls regularly wore.

663. Salios, cf. v. 285.- Lupercos, cf. v. 343.

664. apices, the priestly cap worn by several religious officials was of a conical form, and had a point at the top with a lock of wool. See

Fig. 94.

665. extuderat, had wrought, used of beaten work.

666. pilentis: the Roman matrons had the privilege of attending certain sacred processions in a large four-wheeled carriage. This privilege was granted them for some act of devotion to the state on their part, which is variously stated.

670. Catonem, i.e. Uticensis, who for his justice and inflexibility is made a judge in the world below like Minos, &c. (cf. vi. 432), but it is noticeable that he is a judge among the good only.

671. haec inter: the centre of the shield representing the sea had the great subject of the battle of Actium.

672. aurea...cano, a gold sea with white (silver) waves, hence sed.