[1]: There seems some corruptiou in the text here.
[2]: There seems some corruptiou in the text here.
[3]: The golden age was said to have existed during the reign of Saturn upon earth. So Tibullus says— Quam bene vivebant Saturno rege, priusquam Tellus in longas est patefacta vias. And Virgil— Aureus hand vitam in terris Saturnus agebat.
[4]: The golden age was said to have existed during the reign of Saturn upon earth. So Tibullus says— Quam bene vivebant Saturno rege, priusquam Tellus in longas est patefacta vias. And Virgil— Aureus hand vitam in terris Saturnus agebat.
[5]: So Virgil says— Fama malum quo non aliucl velocius ullum— Æn. iv. 174.
[6]: So Virgil says— Fama malum quo non aliucl velocius ullum— Æn. iv. 174.
[7]: Caligula was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina.
[8]: Caligula was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina.
[9]: The passage in Homer is to be found at Odyssey iv. 363. It is imitated more concisely by Virgil, who makes Cyrene tell Aristaeus— Verum ubi correptum manibus vinclisque tenebis Turn variae eludent species atque ora ferarum; Fiet enim subito sus horridus atraque tigris Squamosusque draco et fulva cervice Icaena Aut acrem flammae sonitum dabit, atque ita vinclis Excidet, aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit.-Georg. iv. 410. Which is thus translated by "Instant he wears, elusive of the rape, The mimic force of every savage shape: Or glides with liquid lapse a murm’ring stream, Or wrapt in flame, he glows at every limb. Yet still retentive, with redoubled might Thro’ each vain passive form constrains his flight. But when, his native shape resumed, he stands Patient of conquest, and your muse demands; The cause that urg’d the bold attempt declare, And soothe the vanquish’d with a victor’s prayer. The bands relaxed, implore the seer to say What godhead interdicts the wat’ry way."
[10]: The passage in Homer is to be found at Odyssey iv. 363. It is imitated more concisely by Virgil, who makes Cyrene tell Aristaeus— Verum ubi correptum manibus vinclisque tenebis Turn variae eludent species atque ora ferarum; Fiet enim subito sus horridus atraque tigris Squamosusque draco et fulva cervice Icaena Aut acrem flammae sonitum dabit, atque ita vinclis Excidet, aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit.-Georg. iv. 410. Which is thus translated by "Instant he wears, elusive of the rape, The mimic force of every savage shape: Or glides with liquid lapse a murm’ring stream, Or wrapt in flame, he glows at every limb. Yet still retentive, with redoubled might Thro’ each vain passive form constrains his flight. But when, his native shape resumed, he stands Patient of conquest, and your muse demands; The cause that urg’d the bold attempt declare, And soothe the vanquish’d with a victor’s prayer. The bands relaxed, implore the seer to say What godhead interdicts the wat’ry way."
[11]: i.e. from ἑρμηνεύω, "to interpret."
[12]: i.e. from ἑρμηνεύω, "to interpret."
[13]: This is one of the attributes of Apollo of which he boasts to Daphne. Inventum medicina meum est, opiferque per orbem Dicor et herbarum subjecta potentia nobis: Hic mihi quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis Nec prosunt domino quae prosunt omnibus artes.Met.1.461. Or as it is translated by Dryden— Medicine is mine; what herbs and simples grow In fields and forests, all their powers I know, And am the great physician called below. Alas, that fields and forests can afford No remedies to heal their love-sick lord. To cure the pains of love no plant avails, And his own physic the physician fails.
[14]: This is one of the attributes of Apollo of which he boasts to Daphne. Inventum medicina meum est, opiferque per orbem Dicor et herbarum subjecta potentia nobis: Hic mihi quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis Nec prosunt domino quae prosunt omnibus artes.Met.1.461. Or as it is translated by Dryden— Medicine is mine; what herbs and simples grow In fields and forests, all their powers I know, And am the great physician called below. Alas, that fields and forests can afford No remedies to heal their love-sick lord. To cure the pains of love no plant avails, And his own physic the physician fails.
[15]: The Greek word is ἀρήγειν, from which Philo supposes Ἄρης, the Greek name of Mars, to be derived.
[16]: The Greek word is ἀρήγειν, from which Philo supposes Ἄρης, the Greek name of Mars, to be derived.
[17]: He alludes here to the war between Cresar and Pompey. Pompey had been governor of Syria, and Virgil speaks of him as relying on his eastern forces. Illae autem, paribus quas fulgere cernis in armis, Concordes animae nunc, et dum nocte premuntur Heu! quantum inter se bellum, si lumina vitae Attigerint, quantas acies stragemque ciebunt! Aggeribus socer Alpinis atque arce Monaeci Descendens; gener adversis instructus Eoïs.—Æn. vi. 832. Or as it is translated by Dryden— "The pair you see in equal armour shine, Now, friends below, in close embraces join; But when they leave the shady realms of night, And clothed in bodies breathe your upper light, With mortal hate each other shall pursue, What wars, what wounds, what slaughter shall ensue. From Alpine heights the father first descends, His daughter’s husband in the plain attends. His daughter’s husband arms his eastern friends."
[18]: He alludes here to the war between Cresar and Pompey. Pompey had been governor of Syria, and Virgil speaks of him as relying on his eastern forces. Illae autem, paribus quas fulgere cernis in armis, Concordes animae nunc, et dum nocte premuntur Heu! quantum inter se bellum, si lumina vitae Attigerint, quantas acies stragemque ciebunt! Aggeribus socer Alpinis atque arce Monaeci Descendens; gener adversis instructus Eoïs.—Æn. vi. 832. Or as it is translated by Dryden— "The pair you see in equal armour shine, Now, friends below, in close embraces join; But when they leave the shady realms of night, And clothed in bodies breathe your upper light, With mortal hate each other shall pursue, What wars, what wounds, what slaughter shall ensue. From Alpine heights the father first descends, His daughter’s husband in the plain attends. His daughter’s husband arms his eastern friends."
[19]: He is attributing an honour to Augustus which does not belong to him. It was Pompey who cleared the sea of pirates.
[20]: He is attributing an honour to Augustus which does not belong to him. It was Pompey who cleared the sea of pirates.
[21]: Horn. II. ii. 204.
[22]: Horn. II. ii. 204.
[23]: There seems some corruption in the text here.
[24]: There seems some corruption in the text here.
[25]: The time allotted to the speeches of advocates in the Athenian courts of justice was measured by a water-clock, κλεψύδρα, something like our hour-glass of sand.
[26]: The time allotted to the speeches of advocates in the Athenian courts of justice was measured by a water-clock, κλεψύδρα, something like our hour-glass of sand.