The works of Horace : with English notes, critical and ... - Cristo Raul

EXPLANATORY NOTES. BOOK III., ODE XXVIII. 367
—49. Impudent ligui,- &c. " Shamelessly have I abandoned a father's
roof; shamelessly do I delay the death that 1 deserve."—54. Tenerie
jmedie. The dative, by a Qroscism, for the ablative-^jSwcsas. " The
tide of life."—55. Speciosa. " While still in the bloom bf early years,"
and hence a more inviting prey. So nuda in the SSd line.—57. Villi
Europe. She fancies she hears her father npbraiding her, and the address
of the angry parent is continued to the word pelleis in the 66th Tiae.-r-Paier
urget absens. A pleasing oxymoron. The father of Enropa appears as
if present to her disordered mind, though in reality far away, and angrily
arges her to atone for her dishonor by a voluntary and immediate death.
"Thy father, though far away, angrily urging thee, seems to exclaim."
^he student will mark -the zeugma in urget, which is here equivalent
to acriter insistens clamat.—59. Zona bene te secuia. " With the girdle
that has luckily accompanied thee."—61. Acuta leto. " Sharp with death,'
i, e.t on whose sharp projections death may easily be found.—63. Tepro
cells erede veloci. " Consign thyself to the rapid blast," i, e., plunge head-
long down.—67. Remisso arcu. As indicative of having accomplished his
object.—69. Uhi lusit satis. " When she had sufficiently indulged her
mirth."— ^70. Irarum calidceque rixa.\ The genitive, by a Grseoism, for
the ablative.— ^71. Quum tibi invisus, &c. Venus here alludes to the intended
appearance of Jove in his proper form.—73. Uxor immti Jovis,
&c. " Thou knowest not, it seems, that thou art the bride of resistless
Jove." The nominative, with the iafiaitive, by a Grsecism, the reference
being to the same person that forms the subject of the verb.— ^75. Sectus
orbis. " A division of the globe." Literally, " the globe being divided."
Ode XXVXU. The poet, intending to celebrate the Neptunalia, or festival
of Neptune, bids Lyde bring the choice Caecnban and join him in song.
The female to whom the piece is addressed is thought to have been the
same with the one mentioned in the eleventh ode of this book, and it is
supposed, by most commentators, that the entertainment took place under
her roof. We are inclined, however, to adopt the opinion, that, the day
was celebrated in the poefs abode, and that Lyde was now the superintendent
of his household.
1-16. 1. Festo die Neptuni, The Neptunalia, or festival ot Neptune,
took place on the fifth day before the Kalends of August (28th July).
ft. Reconditum. " Stored far away in the wine-room." Alluding to old
wine laid up in the farther part of the crypt. Compare Ode ii., 3, 8.
3. Lyde strenua. " My active Lyde." Some commentators, by a change
of punctuation, refer strenua, in an adverbial sense, to prome.— 4. Munitteque
adhibe, Ice. "And do violence to thy guarded wisdom," i. c, bid
farewell, for this once, to moderation in wine. The poet, by a pleasing
figure, bids her storm the camp of sobriety, and drive away its accustomed
defenders.—5. Inelinare sentis, &o. " Thou seest that the noontide is injlining
toward the west," i. e., that the day begins to decline.—7. Parcis
deripere horreo, &c. " Dost thou delay to hurry down from the wine-room
the lingering amphora of the consul Bibnlus 1" i. e., which contains wine
made, as the mark declares, in the consulship of Bibulus, (ACO. 695, BX!.
59). The wine, therefore, would be, according to Orelli, about thirty-five
years old. The epithet cessantem beautifully expresses the impatience
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