Sed jussa coram non sine conscio Dedecorum pretiosus emptor. Antiochum, Hannibalemque dirum : Sed rusticorum mascula militum Matris ad arbitrium recisos Portare fustes, sol ubi montium Tempus agens abeunte curru. 30 35 40 45 Great, defeated at Thermopyla, 191 30. institor, an agent,' a trader 36. Antiochum, Antiochus the in articles of dress or for the toilet. Joined here with Spanish traders or ship-owners, as in Epod. xvii. 20. 33. Cp. Eurip. Dictys. Fr. 15. : οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο χρηστὸς ἐκ κακοῦ πατρός. 34. infecit æquor. Off Myla Ptus. in 260 B.C., and Egates Iæ. 241 B.C. 35. Pyrrhum. B. C. 280-275. His great battles were Heraclea, Asculum, Beneventum. 38. Sabellis. See note on Carm. I. xxxi. 9. 39. severæ, 'strict.' So severitas is 'strictness.' 42. mutaret umbras. Cp. Virg. Ecl. i. 84. ; ii. 67. juga demeret bobus, Gr. Bovλurós. 43. amicum tempus. Gr. evopóvn. CARMEN VII. AD ASTERIEN. QUID fles, Asterie, quem tibi candidi Thyna merce beatum, Constantis juvenem fide, Gygen? Ille Notis actus ad Oricum Post insana Capræ sidera, frigidas Insomnis lacrimis agit. Atqui sollicitæ nuntius hospitæ, Tentat mille vafer modis. Ut Prœtum mulier perfida credulum Casto Bellerophonti Maturare necem, refert. Narrat pæne datum Pelea Tartaro, Magnessam Hippolyten dum fugit abstinens: Et peccare docentes ODE VII. Asterie, Gyges, fictitious names. 4. fide, for fidei. Sat. 1. iii. 95.; die for diei, Virg. G. i. 208. 5. Oricum, in Epirus, on the inner side of Acroceraunia. 6. insana, i. e. ‘stormy.' Cp. above iv. 30., insanientem. 6-8. frigidas lacrimis. Cp. Ov. Ep. i. 7, 8. (Penelope Ulyssi). Frustra nam scopulis surdior Icarî Plus justo placeat, cave: Quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Æque conspicitur gramine Martio, Nec quisquam citus æque Tusco denatat alveo. Prima nocte domum claude: neque in vias Sub cantu querulæ despice tibiæ : Et te sæpe vocanti Duram difficilis mane. 25 30 Corticem adstrictum pice dimovebit Sume, Mæcenas, cyathos amici Mitte civiles super Urbe curas: Occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen ; Servit Hispanæ vetus hostis oræ, Negligens, ne qua populus laboret 10 15 20 25 an amphora (almost 6 gallons). 17. civiles curas. 'Away with all state cares.' 18. See Carm. III. vi. 14. Cp. the question, Sat. II. vi. 53. Cotisonis, king of the Daci, to whom Augustus is said to have betrothed his daughter Julia. 19. Of the revolutions in Parthia, see on Carm. 11. ii. 17. 22. Cantaber. Cp. Carm. II. vi. 2. 25. ne qua, dependent on cavere. CARMEN IX. CARMEN AMEBÆUM. HORATIUS. DONEC gratus eram tibi, Nec quisquam potior brachia candida Persarum vigui rege beatior. LYDIA. Donec non alia magis Arsisti, neque erat Lydia post Chloën: Multi Lydia nominis Romana vigui clarior Ilia. HORATIUS. Me nunc Thressa Chloë regit, 5 Dulces docta modos, et citharæ sciens: 10 Pro qua non metuam mori, Si parcent animæ fata superstiti. LYDIA. Me torret face mutua Thurini Calais filius Ornyti: Pro quo bis patiar mori, Si parcent puero fata superstiti. HORATIUS. Quid? si prisca redit Venus, Rejectæque patet janua Lydia? ODE IX. 8. Romanâ Iliâ. So, Ov. Fast. iii. 9., Romana sacerdos, instead of Albana or Latina. 10. docta modos. 15 20 Carm. III. viii. 5., docte sermones So above, site of Sybaris. |