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

394 EXPLANATORY NOTES. EPODE I.
sentibus, and, in a free translation, the word may be regarded as eqniva
lent simply to iis. The idea intended to be conveyed by the whole sen-
'tence is extremely beautiful. The poet likens himself to the parent bird,
and, aa the latter sits by her young, thoagh even her presence can not
protect them, so the bard vrishes to be with his friend, not becans^e is
able to defend bim from barm, bat that he may fear the less for his safety
while renaining by bis side.
23-29. 1iZ.,Libenter hoc et omrie, &c. The idea intended to be conveyed
is as foll9vpri? : I make not this request in order to obtain from thee more
extensive possessions, the usual rewards of military service, but in the
spirit of disinterested affection, and with the hope of securing 0tiU more
firmly thy friendship and esteem.—35. Non utjwoenc^t &:c. An elegant
hypallage.for non utplures juvenci illigaU meis aratris nitantur. " Not
that more oxen may toil for me, yoked to my ploughs," i. e., not that I
may have more extensive estates.—37. Pecuspe Calabrisj &c, "Nor that
my flocks may change Calabrian for XfUcanian -pastures, before the baming
star appears," i. e., nor that I may own snch numerous flocks and
herds as to have both winter and summer pastures. An hypallage for
Calabra pascua mutet Lucams. The.more wealthy B^omans were accustomed
to keep tlieic flocks and herds in the rich pastures of Calabria and.
Lncania. The mild climate of the former country made it an excellent
region for winter pastures ; about the end of June, however, and a short
time previous to the rising of the dog-star, the increasing heat caused
£hese pastures to be exchanged for those of Lucania, a cool and woody
country. On the approach of winter Calabria was revisited.—39. Nee ut
B-upernif &.C.
'* Nor that my glittering villa may touch the Circaean walls
of lofty TuBcnlum," i. c, nor that my -i&abine villa may be built of white
marble, glittering beneath the rays of the sun, and be so far extended as
to reach even to the walls of Tusculum. The distance between the poef s
farm and Tusculum was more than twenty-live mUes. Bentley considers
supemi an incorrect epithet to be applied to Tusculum, which, according
to Cluver, whom he cites, but whose meaning he mistakes, the critic
makes to have been situate "in clivo leviter assurgente." The truth is,
ancient Tusculum was built on the summiti not on the declivity of a hill.
— Candens. Alluding to the style of building adopted by the xich.-^TuS'
euli Circesa mmnia. Tusculum was ^aid to have been founded by Tele-
gonuB, the son of Ulysses and Circer, Compare Ode iii.^ 39, 8.
33-34. 33. Chremes. Acron supposes the allusion to be to Chremef, a
character in Terence. This, howeyer,jis incorrect. The poet refers to
one of the lost plays of Menander, entitled the "Treasure" {Qjjeravpdg),
an outline of which is given by DonatUs in his notes on the Eunuch of
Terence [PtqI., 10). A young man, having squandered bis estate, sends
a servant, ten years after his father's death, according to the will of the
deceased, to carry provisions to his father's monument; but he had before
sold the ground in which the monument stood to a covetous old man, to
whom the servant applied to help him to open the monument, in which
they discovered a hoard of gold and a letter. The old man seizes the
treasure, and keeps it, under pretence of having deposited it there, for
Bfi£ety, during times of war, and tiie young fellowr goes to law with hiiiK
-34. Discinctus aut perdcan ut n^poa. " Or squander away like a diiBO-