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288 SHEEP BREEDING AND
have been already quoted, as they refer also to the sheep of
Tarentum : to these the seven following may be added.
In the Tartessian lands a house appears,
Where Cordova o'er placid BsBtis rears
Her wealthy domes ; and where the fleeces show
Metallic tints, like hving gold that glow.
Corduba, more joyous far
Than Venafrum's unctuous boast
Nor inferior to the jar,
That renowns glad Istria's coast
Who sunnount'st the fleecy breed.
That the bright Galesus laves
Nor bidd'st lying purple bleed
O'er the hue, that nature craves.
xii. 63.
—
ix. 62.
Baetis, with wreaths of unctuous olive crown'd,
For Bacchus' and for Pallas' gifts renown'd ;
Whose waters clear a golden hue impart
To fleeces, that require no further art
Such wealth the Ruler of the waves conveys
In ships, that mark with foam thy liquid ways.
Lacemas from Bsetica.
My wool disdains a lye, or caldron hue.
Poor Tj're may take it : me my sheep imbue.
xiv. 133.
Charmhig Ero's golden lock
Beat the fleece of Bajtic flock.
Bsetic fleeces, many a pound.
; ; : ; ;
Elphinston^s Translation.
xii. 99.
Elphinston's Translation
v. 37. See § 21.—lb.
xii. 65. 1. 5.
Let him commend the sober native hues
Of Beetle drab, or gray, lacemas choose,
Who thinks no man in scarlet should appear.
And only women pink or purple wear.
i. 97.
The numerous passages, which have now been produced
relative to the native colors of the Spanish wool, explain the
following Une of Virgil, in which he describes the clothing of a
warrior
;
With broider'd chlamys bright, and Spanish rust.
iEn. ix 582