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teus, primarily applied to the island of Pharos and the coast of Egypt,
are also used to designate the ends of the c:Lrtb at tbe East, in the sarno
way as the western limits are indicated by "tbe pillars of Hercules."­
Mycenaeus ductor, Agamemnon. -Devictam Asiam. metonymy for
the conq1!e"m' of A.ia, (Agamemnon.) n., W., L.-Adulter, Aegistbu8.
- Lines 267 and 268 are ordinarily placed before lines 264-266.­
Deos invidisse depends upon refenw.. As tbe myth is commonly told,
the companions of Diomedes wero not changed into birds until after bis
death. - Malorum is governed by ",emilli, and laetorve may be translated,
no" fal;;e plea81L1 o e in their memory_
293- 316. Qua, on whatever condition.-Magno bello (dat.),;" "egard
to 0'''' great lOa' .. - Fuerat. See note on velli (112). Qua mina cetera
rerum jaceant pcrculsa.-Paucis (verbis). - Tusco amni, the Tiber.
335-74. In medium, fm' I,he co","'o1l good.- Incertum, etc., ho bore
an uncertain (descent) on his father's side; (implying that his father
was of low origin.)- Onerat, sc. Tnrnnm.- Det, let him (i. e. Tumus)
gralll.-Dici, i. e. to be p,'omided.- Nil moror, ;. e. I am not unwilling.
-Sternamur, subj. of dcstiny Or doom; 1De ",,,st be th"OlD!t 0" Ihe plai" ••
- Patrii Martis = pat"iae vi,.Wli •. - Aspice contra, COllfrOllt :
"Front him that calls you, eyo to oyo."
389-410. Imus, we are goillg; a lively substitution for eam!!8, let us
go.- Die, abl. of time within which.-Tydides and Achilles, subjects
of tremesClmt.-The Auftdus recoils from the sea to its fountain-head in
dread of the 'frojans; i. e. Diomedes, who lives in Apulia where the
Aufidus flows, forsooth etnnds in awe of Aeneas. Turnus intimates his
disbelief of Diomedes' unwillingness to fight. - Vel quum - acerbat.
In the apodosis to tbis sentence, (lines 408-9,) the construotion is
changed, for rhetorioal elfect, into a direct address to Drances in the
second person. If anytbing is to be supplied. it is, as W. suggests,
Bcilo.-Artifieis scelus, this w,'etc" of a trick.ter.-Crimen, his accusation
agai"st me. - Te, Latinus.
416-44. Mihi (dat. of referonce), in my op;n;oH.-Semel, 011ce f01' all.
- Tempestas, the Blor". of battle, - Multa, aco. pI. - Vel praestet
ilie lieet, etc., eve" thoug" he (" that one," i. e. Aeneas) (present, i. e.)
p"ove himseif a g,'eat Achilles. - Morte luat, nor let Dranccs, eto'1)ay
Ihe 1,.,,01Iy with hi. death. -Tollat, bear alOay tho prize.
459-87. Immo, nay, (do not rusb to arms.) Ironical.- JUS80 =
jU'B.ro.-Qui non acceperit. ReI. clause with subj., giving the reaSOn.
-Rutulum. Tbe Rutulian corselets were probably the best in Italy.
502-13. Order: Si merito est qua fiducia sui forti. - Improbu9,
inutiable.- (Ut) quaterent. B. 1203; A. 64, IV. See note on line 103.