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NOTES TO pp. 120— 129, 11. 2112— 2258. 301
crossed tlie Taurus range of mountains.
Thauruni " ; b 2, col. 2.
Lat. " Ascendit ... in montem
2112. Here the poet must have had a different reading or have used
a different text, since the Lat. has only " in qua [ciuitate] sunt nouem
milia ;" ib. I have no doubt this allusion is due to a passage in Julius
Valerius, ed. Mai. p. 69, where, immediately after a mention of the
"culmen Tauri montis" (see 1. 2109), we have an account of Alexander
coming to a " Pierian " city, sacred to the muses ;
" ibidem musse etiam
Pierides consecralaB videbantur, unaque omnigenum figmenta viventium
Orphei musicam demiiantia."
2117. Lat. " "
ingressus templum solis ibidem victimas iramolauit ;
ib.
2118. Flum, river; Lat. *'flumen." Fyue ; the Lat. Bays fifteen.
2120. liat. " Beati qui laudes Homeri adepti estis. Quidam vero
ex circumstantibus nomine Docconiictus respondens ait : Rex Alexander,
vberiores laudes de te scribere queo quam fecit Homerus de hiis qui
ciuitatem destruxerunt Troianam ;
" ib. In 1. 2123, And has the force
of 'than.'
2124. Lat. "Magister, cupio sapientis esse discipulus magis quam
vilis laudes habere ;" ib. The translator has quite missed the point ; it
means, " I would ratlier be the disciple of a wise man (like Homer) than
receive the praises of an inferior man (like you)."
2131. Ahandra ; Lat. " Abdyron ;
" ib. Abdera is meant; see J.
Valerius, ed. Mai, p. 74.
2150, 2151. Wyothy; Lat. " Brochia ; " b 2, back, col. 1. Caldipol
Lat. " Caldeopolis."
2152. But the Lat. calls it "flumen eenis;" ib. In J. Valerius, ed.
Mai, p. 75, it is called lake Masotis.
2165. "Then all the strong steeds stand us in stead not to the value
of a straw."
p. 77.
2170. Lucius ; Lat. " Lutrus ;
" ib. Locris is meant ; see J. Valerius,
2174. Tergarontes ; Lat. " Tragacintes " ; ib. In J. Valerius, p. 77,
it is called Agragantum.
2179. Zacora; Lat, "Zochora;" b 2, back, col. 2. For summe read
nunne, as in the Dublin MS.; the Lat. calls her "sacerdos femina
virgo."
2210. Insert tofonde, i. e. to advance, as in Dublin MS.
2215. Sechus ; Lat. " Zochus ; " ib. The allusion is to Zethus, brother
of Amphion.
2221—30. Not in the original. Cf. J. Valerius, p. 79.
2234. Sidstrus; Lat. " Sistorus ;
" b 3, col. 1.
2237. Hismon ; Lat. " Ysuimea ;
" ib.
2252. Cleiomacus ; Lat. " Dithomatus ;
" ib. But Clytoraachus in
J. Valerius, p. 83, where the story is told at length.
2258. Lat. " lUe qui Thebanam construet ciuitatem tres victorias
consequetur ;
" ib. Thebes was rebuilt by Cassander, B.C. 316.