Certain chests were
carried in the procession at the festival of Ceres, the contents of
which, if there were any, was a mystery to the uninitiated.
carried in the procession at the festival of Ceres, the contents of
which, if there were any, was a mystery to the uninitiated.
Ovid - Art of Love
]
[Footnote 941: Thrush and a pigeon. --Ver. 269. Probably live birds of
the kind are here alluded to; Pliny tells us that they were trained to
imitate the human voice. Thrushes were much esteemed as a delicacy for
the table. They were sold tied up in clusters, in the shape of a crown. ]
[Footnote 942: By these means. --Ver. 271. He alludes to those who
continued to slip into dead men's shoes, by making trifling presents of
niceties. Juvenal inveighs against this practice. ]
[Footnote 943: Poetry does not. --Ver. 274. See the remarks of Dipsas in
the Amores, Book i. El. viii. 1. 57. ]
[Footnote 944: Only rich. --Ver. 276. See the Amores, Book iii. El. ii. ]
[Footnote 945: Tyrian hue. --Ver. 297. See the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 107,
and the Note. ]
[Footnote 946: Of Cos--Ver. 298. See the Epistles of Sabinus, Ep. iii.
1. 45, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 947: A dress of felt. --Ver. 300. 'Gausape,' 'gausapa,' or
'gausapum,' was a kind of thick woolly cloth, which had a long nap on
one side. It was used to cover tables and beds, and as a protection
against wind and rain. It was worn both by males and females, and came
into use among the Romans about the time of Augustus. ]
[Footnote 948: You are setting me on fire. --Ver. 301. Burmanu deservedly
censures the explanation of 'moves incendia,' given by Crispinus,
the Delphin Editor, 'Vous mourrez de chaud,' 'You will die of heat,'
applying the observation to the lady, and not, figuratively, to the
feelings of her lover. ]
[Footnote 949: Her very embraces. --Ver. 308. The common reading of this
line is clearly corrupt; probably the reading is the one here adopted,
'Et un dat, gaudia, voce proba. ']
[Footnote 950: What advice--Ver. 368. These attempts at argument are
exhausted by Paris, in his Epistle to Helen. ]
[Footnote 952: Stinging-nettle. --Ver. 417. Pliny prescribes nettle-seed
as a stimulating medicine, mixed with linseed, hyssop, and pepper. ]
[Footnote 953: White onion. --Ver. 421. The onions of Megara are praised
by Cato, the agricultural writer. ]
[Footnote 954: Alcathous. --Ver. 421. See the Metamorphoses, Book vii. 1. ]
[Footnote 955: At first. --Ver. 467. See the beginning of the First Book
of the Metamorphoses. ]
[Footnote 956: Unclean mate. --Ver. 486. He alludes to the strong smell
of the he-goat. ]
[Footnote 957: Machaon. --Ver. 491. He was a famous physician, son of
AEsculapius, and was slain in the Trojan war. See the Tristia, Book v.
El. vi. 1. 11. ]
[Footnote 958: He came. --Ver. 496. 'Adest' seems a preferable reading to
'agit. ']
[Footnote 959: To know himself. --Ver. 600. 'Know thyself,' was a saying
of Chilo, the Lacedaemonian, one of the wise men of Greece. This maxim
was also inscribed in gold letters in the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
'Too much of nothing' was a second maxim there inscribed; and a third
was, 'Misery is the consequence of debt and discord. ']
[Footnote 960: Drinks with elegance. --Ver. 506. It is hard to say what
art in drinking is here alluded to; whether a graceful air in holding
the cup, or the ability of drinking much without shewing any signs of
inebriety.
Let the old woman come. --Ver. 329. In sickness it was the
custom to purify the bed and chamber of the patient, with sulphur
and eggs. It seems also to have been done when the patient was pining
through unrequited love. Apulius mentions a purification by the priest
of Isis, who uses eggs and sulphur while holding a torch and repeating
a prayer. The nurse of the patient seems here to be directed to perform
the ceremony. ]
[Footnote 961: The Fasti, Book ii. 1. 19, and Book iv. 1. 728. From a
passage of Juvenal, we find that it was a common practice to purify with
eggs and sulphur, in the month of September, * On Athos. --Ver. 517. See
the Metamorphoses, Book ii. 1. 217, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 962: On Hybla. --Ver. 517. See the Tristia, Book v. El. xiii.
1. 22. ]
[Footnote 963: Off your head. --Ver. 528. Iphis, in the fourteenth Book
of the Metamorphoses, 1. 732, raises his eyes to the door-posts of his
mistress, 'so often adorned by him with wreaths. ']
[Footnote 964: The senses. --Ver. 532. He seems to believe, with Nixon
d'Enelos, in the existence of a sixth sense. ]
[Footnote 965: Of mighty Jove. --Ver. 540. He alludes to the triumphal
procession to the Capitol. ]
[Footnote 966: Gentle sleep. --Ver. 546. See the Amores, Book iii. El.
i. 1. 51. He means to say that husbands give a certain latitude to their
wives, who do not fail to improve upon it. ]
[Footnote 967: Own husband. --Ver. 551. See the Amores, Book i. El. iv.
1. 38. ]
[Footnote 968: Other men visit. --Ver. 554. 'Viri' seems to be a better
reading than 'viro. ']
[Footnote 969: Mars and Venus. --Ver. 562. See the Metamorphoses, Book
iv. 1. 173. ]
[Footnote 970: Says, laughing. --Ver. 585. See a similar passage in the
Metamorphoses, Book iv. 1. 187. ]
[Footnote 971: For Thrace. --Ver. 588. He was much venerated by the
warlike Thracians. ]
[Footnote 972: Paphos. --Ver. 588. See the Metamorphoses, Book x. 1.
298. ]
[Footnote 973: Fire and water render. --Ver. 598. Among the Romans, when
the bride reached her husband's house, he received her with fire and
water, which it was the custom for her to touch. This is, by some,
supposed to have been symbolical of purification; or it was an
expression of welcome, as the interdiction of fire and water was the
formula for banishment. ]
[Footnote 974: My sallies. --Ver. 600. See Book L 1. 31, and the Note.
See also the Fasti, Book iv. 1. 866, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 975: The rites of Ceres. --Ver. 601. He alludes to the
mysterious rites of Ceres, in the island of Samothrace. ]
[Footnote 976: Not enclosed in chests. --Ver. 609.
Certain chests were
carried in the procession at the festival of Ceres, the contents of
which, if there were any, was a mystery to the uninitiated. ]
[Footnote 977: The left hand. --Ver. 614. This is the attitude of the
Venus de Medicis. ]
[Footnote 978: At a heavy price. --Ver. 626. Men spend their money on
debauchery, only for the pleasure of talking of it. ]
[Footnote 979: Waving wings. --Ver. 644. He refers to Perseus admiring
the swarthy Andromeda. ]
[Footnote 980: Of larger stature. --Ver. 645. She was remarkable for her
height. ]
[Footnote 981: Green bark. --Ver. 639. He speaks of the slip engrafted in
the stock. ]
[Footnote 982: What Consulship. --Ver. 663. The age of persons was
reckoned by naming the Consulship in which they were born; the period
of which was Known by reference to the 'Fasti Consulares. ' See the
Introduction to the Fasti. ]
[Footnote 983: Rigid Censor. --Ver. 664. It was the duty of the Censor to
make enquiries into the age of all individuals. ]
[Footnote 984: Best years. --Ver. 666. Even in those days, it was
considered ungallant to make too scrutinizing enquiries into the years
of ladies of 'a certain age. ']
[Footnote 985: Kind of warfare. --Ver. 674. See the Amores, Book i. El.
ix. 1. 1. ]
[Footnote 986: Besides in these. --Ver. 675. In reference to females of a
more advanced age. ]
[Footnote 987: Seven times five years. --Ver. 694. He probably means,
in this passage, a lustrum of five years. Burmann justly observes, that
'cito,' 'quickly,' or 'soon,' can hardly be the proper reading, as it
seems to contradict the meaning of the context. He suggests 'nisi,'
meaning 'but,' or 'only. ' See the Fasti, Book iii. 1. 166, and the Note.
Also the Tristia, Book iv. El. xvi. 1. 78. ]
[Footnote 988: Stored up in the times. --Ver. 696. He uses this
metaphorical expression to signify that he admires females when of
a ripe and mature age See the Amores, Book ii. El. v. 1. 54, and the
Note. ]
[Footnote 989: The shooting grass. --Ver. 698. In Nisard's translation,
the words 'prata novella' are rendered 'l'herbe nouvellement coupee,'
'the grass newly cut. ' This is not the meaning of the passage. He
intends to say that the grass just shooting up is apt to cut or prick
the naked foot. ]
[Footnote 990: Hermione. --Ver. 699. She was the daughter of Helen and
Menelaus. ]
[Footnote 991: Gorge. --Ver. 700. She was the daughter of Altnea, and
sister of Meleager. She married Andraemon. ]
[Footnote 992: Podalirius. --Ver. 735. The brother of Machaon. See the
Tristia Book v. El. xiii. 1. 32. ]
[Footnote 993: Calchas. --Ver. 737. See the Metamorphoses. ]
[Footnote 994: Automeden. --Ver. 738. The son of Diores. He was the
charioted of Achilles. ]
[Footnote 995: Upon his spoil--Ver. 744. It was the custom to write
inscriptions on the spoil. See the Notes to the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 663. ]
FOOTNOTES OF BOOK THE THIRD
[Footnote 1001: Penthesilea. '--Ver. 2. See the 21st Epistle, 1. 118, and
the Note. ]
[Footnote 1002: Dione. --Ver. 3. See the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 461, and the
Note. ]
[Footnote 1003: Son of Atreus. --Ver. 11. 'Helen was unfaithful to
Menelaus, while Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon. ]
[Footnote 1004: Son of Oeclus. --Ver. 13. See the Metamorphoses, Book
viii. 1. 317, ind the Note. ]
[Footnote 1005: From Phylace. --Ver. 17. See the Epistle of Laodamia to
Protesilaius. ]
[Footnote 1006: Son of Pheres. --Ver. 19. See the Pontic Epistles, Book
iii. El. i. L 106, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 1007: And in place of--Ver. 20. See the 111th line of the same
Elegy, and the Note. Also the Tristia, Book v. El. xiv. 1. 38. ]
[Footnote 1008: My skiff. --Ver. 26. 'Cymba. ' See the Amores, Book iii.
El. vi. 1. 4, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 1009: Another bride. --Ver. 34. Jason deserted Medea for
Creusa. ]
[Footnote 1010: Nine journies. --Ver. 37. See the Epistle of Phyllis to
Demophoon. ]
[Footnote 1011: Two treatises. --Ver. 47. His former books on the Art of
Love. ]
[Footnote 1012: Who before had uttered. --Ver. 49. He alludes to the Poet
Stesichorus, on whose lips a nightingale was said to have perched
and sung, when he was a child. Pliny relates that he wrote a poem,
inveighing bitterly against Helen, in which he called her the firebrand
of Troy, on which he was visited with blindness by her brothers, Castor
and Pollux, and did not recover his sight till he had recanted in
his Palinodia, which he composed in her praise. Suidas says, that
Stesichorus composed thirty, six books of Poems. Helen was born at
Therapnae, a town of Laconia. ]
[Footnote 1013: Your own privileges. --Ver. 58. 'Sua' seems to mean the
privileges sanctioned and conceded by the law, probably to those females
who were in the number of the 'professae. ']
[Footnote 1014: No door. --Ver. 71. So Horace says, in his address to
Lydia, Book i. Ode i. 25; 'Less frequently do the wanton youths shake
your joined windows with many a blow, and no longer deprive thee of
sleep, and the door adheres to its threshold. ']
[Footnote 1015: Bestrewed with roses. --Ver. 72. See line 528: in the
last Book Lucretius speaks of the admirers of damsels anointing their
doors with M ointment made of sweet marjoram. ]
[Footnote 1016: Hermione. --Ver. 86. According to Hesiod, Venus was the
mother of three children by Mars, of whom Hermione was one. ]
[Footnote 1017: May take up again. --Ver. 96. This is not the proper
translation, of the passage; but the real meaning cannot be presented
with a due regard to decorum. ]
[Footnote 1018: I begin with dress. --Ver. 101. He plays upon the
different meanings of the word 'cultus'; which means either 'dress,' or
'cultivation,' according as it is applied, to persons or land.
[Footnote 941: Thrush and a pigeon. --Ver. 269. Probably live birds of
the kind are here alluded to; Pliny tells us that they were trained to
imitate the human voice. Thrushes were much esteemed as a delicacy for
the table. They were sold tied up in clusters, in the shape of a crown. ]
[Footnote 942: By these means. --Ver. 271. He alludes to those who
continued to slip into dead men's shoes, by making trifling presents of
niceties. Juvenal inveighs against this practice. ]
[Footnote 943: Poetry does not. --Ver. 274. See the remarks of Dipsas in
the Amores, Book i. El. viii. 1. 57. ]
[Footnote 944: Only rich. --Ver. 276. See the Amores, Book iii. El. ii. ]
[Footnote 945: Tyrian hue. --Ver. 297. See the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 107,
and the Note. ]
[Footnote 946: Of Cos--Ver. 298. See the Epistles of Sabinus, Ep. iii.
1. 45, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 947: A dress of felt. --Ver. 300. 'Gausape,' 'gausapa,' or
'gausapum,' was a kind of thick woolly cloth, which had a long nap on
one side. It was used to cover tables and beds, and as a protection
against wind and rain. It was worn both by males and females, and came
into use among the Romans about the time of Augustus. ]
[Footnote 948: You are setting me on fire. --Ver. 301. Burmanu deservedly
censures the explanation of 'moves incendia,' given by Crispinus,
the Delphin Editor, 'Vous mourrez de chaud,' 'You will die of heat,'
applying the observation to the lady, and not, figuratively, to the
feelings of her lover. ]
[Footnote 949: Her very embraces. --Ver. 308. The common reading of this
line is clearly corrupt; probably the reading is the one here adopted,
'Et un dat, gaudia, voce proba. ']
[Footnote 950: What advice--Ver. 368. These attempts at argument are
exhausted by Paris, in his Epistle to Helen. ]
[Footnote 952: Stinging-nettle. --Ver. 417. Pliny prescribes nettle-seed
as a stimulating medicine, mixed with linseed, hyssop, and pepper. ]
[Footnote 953: White onion. --Ver. 421. The onions of Megara are praised
by Cato, the agricultural writer. ]
[Footnote 954: Alcathous. --Ver. 421. See the Metamorphoses, Book vii. 1. ]
[Footnote 955: At first. --Ver. 467. See the beginning of the First Book
of the Metamorphoses. ]
[Footnote 956: Unclean mate. --Ver. 486. He alludes to the strong smell
of the he-goat. ]
[Footnote 957: Machaon. --Ver. 491. He was a famous physician, son of
AEsculapius, and was slain in the Trojan war. See the Tristia, Book v.
El. vi. 1. 11. ]
[Footnote 958: He came. --Ver. 496. 'Adest' seems a preferable reading to
'agit. ']
[Footnote 959: To know himself. --Ver. 600. 'Know thyself,' was a saying
of Chilo, the Lacedaemonian, one of the wise men of Greece. This maxim
was also inscribed in gold letters in the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
'Too much of nothing' was a second maxim there inscribed; and a third
was, 'Misery is the consequence of debt and discord. ']
[Footnote 960: Drinks with elegance. --Ver. 506. It is hard to say what
art in drinking is here alluded to; whether a graceful air in holding
the cup, or the ability of drinking much without shewing any signs of
inebriety.
Let the old woman come. --Ver. 329. In sickness it was the
custom to purify the bed and chamber of the patient, with sulphur
and eggs. It seems also to have been done when the patient was pining
through unrequited love. Apulius mentions a purification by the priest
of Isis, who uses eggs and sulphur while holding a torch and repeating
a prayer. The nurse of the patient seems here to be directed to perform
the ceremony. ]
[Footnote 961: The Fasti, Book ii. 1. 19, and Book iv. 1. 728. From a
passage of Juvenal, we find that it was a common practice to purify with
eggs and sulphur, in the month of September, * On Athos. --Ver. 517. See
the Metamorphoses, Book ii. 1. 217, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 962: On Hybla. --Ver. 517. See the Tristia, Book v. El. xiii.
1. 22. ]
[Footnote 963: Off your head. --Ver. 528. Iphis, in the fourteenth Book
of the Metamorphoses, 1. 732, raises his eyes to the door-posts of his
mistress, 'so often adorned by him with wreaths. ']
[Footnote 964: The senses. --Ver. 532. He seems to believe, with Nixon
d'Enelos, in the existence of a sixth sense. ]
[Footnote 965: Of mighty Jove. --Ver. 540. He alludes to the triumphal
procession to the Capitol. ]
[Footnote 966: Gentle sleep. --Ver. 546. See the Amores, Book iii. El.
i. 1. 51. He means to say that husbands give a certain latitude to their
wives, who do not fail to improve upon it. ]
[Footnote 967: Own husband. --Ver. 551. See the Amores, Book i. El. iv.
1. 38. ]
[Footnote 968: Other men visit. --Ver. 554. 'Viri' seems to be a better
reading than 'viro. ']
[Footnote 969: Mars and Venus. --Ver. 562. See the Metamorphoses, Book
iv. 1. 173. ]
[Footnote 970: Says, laughing. --Ver. 585. See a similar passage in the
Metamorphoses, Book iv. 1. 187. ]
[Footnote 971: For Thrace. --Ver. 588. He was much venerated by the
warlike Thracians. ]
[Footnote 972: Paphos. --Ver. 588. See the Metamorphoses, Book x. 1.
298. ]
[Footnote 973: Fire and water render. --Ver. 598. Among the Romans, when
the bride reached her husband's house, he received her with fire and
water, which it was the custom for her to touch. This is, by some,
supposed to have been symbolical of purification; or it was an
expression of welcome, as the interdiction of fire and water was the
formula for banishment. ]
[Footnote 974: My sallies. --Ver. 600. See Book L 1. 31, and the Note.
See also the Fasti, Book iv. 1. 866, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 975: The rites of Ceres. --Ver. 601. He alludes to the
mysterious rites of Ceres, in the island of Samothrace. ]
[Footnote 976: Not enclosed in chests. --Ver. 609.
Certain chests were
carried in the procession at the festival of Ceres, the contents of
which, if there were any, was a mystery to the uninitiated. ]
[Footnote 977: The left hand. --Ver. 614. This is the attitude of the
Venus de Medicis. ]
[Footnote 978: At a heavy price. --Ver. 626. Men spend their money on
debauchery, only for the pleasure of talking of it. ]
[Footnote 979: Waving wings. --Ver. 644. He refers to Perseus admiring
the swarthy Andromeda. ]
[Footnote 980: Of larger stature. --Ver. 645. She was remarkable for her
height. ]
[Footnote 981: Green bark. --Ver. 639. He speaks of the slip engrafted in
the stock. ]
[Footnote 982: What Consulship. --Ver. 663. The age of persons was
reckoned by naming the Consulship in which they were born; the period
of which was Known by reference to the 'Fasti Consulares. ' See the
Introduction to the Fasti. ]
[Footnote 983: Rigid Censor. --Ver. 664. It was the duty of the Censor to
make enquiries into the age of all individuals. ]
[Footnote 984: Best years. --Ver. 666. Even in those days, it was
considered ungallant to make too scrutinizing enquiries into the years
of ladies of 'a certain age. ']
[Footnote 985: Kind of warfare. --Ver. 674. See the Amores, Book i. El.
ix. 1. 1. ]
[Footnote 986: Besides in these. --Ver. 675. In reference to females of a
more advanced age. ]
[Footnote 987: Seven times five years. --Ver. 694. He probably means,
in this passage, a lustrum of five years. Burmann justly observes, that
'cito,' 'quickly,' or 'soon,' can hardly be the proper reading, as it
seems to contradict the meaning of the context. He suggests 'nisi,'
meaning 'but,' or 'only. ' See the Fasti, Book iii. 1. 166, and the Note.
Also the Tristia, Book iv. El. xvi. 1. 78. ]
[Footnote 988: Stored up in the times. --Ver. 696. He uses this
metaphorical expression to signify that he admires females when of
a ripe and mature age See the Amores, Book ii. El. v. 1. 54, and the
Note. ]
[Footnote 989: The shooting grass. --Ver. 698. In Nisard's translation,
the words 'prata novella' are rendered 'l'herbe nouvellement coupee,'
'the grass newly cut. ' This is not the meaning of the passage. He
intends to say that the grass just shooting up is apt to cut or prick
the naked foot. ]
[Footnote 990: Hermione. --Ver. 699. She was the daughter of Helen and
Menelaus. ]
[Footnote 991: Gorge. --Ver. 700. She was the daughter of Altnea, and
sister of Meleager. She married Andraemon. ]
[Footnote 992: Podalirius. --Ver. 735. The brother of Machaon. See the
Tristia Book v. El. xiii. 1. 32. ]
[Footnote 993: Calchas. --Ver. 737. See the Metamorphoses. ]
[Footnote 994: Automeden. --Ver. 738. The son of Diores. He was the
charioted of Achilles. ]
[Footnote 995: Upon his spoil--Ver. 744. It was the custom to write
inscriptions on the spoil. See the Notes to the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 663. ]
FOOTNOTES OF BOOK THE THIRD
[Footnote 1001: Penthesilea. '--Ver. 2. See the 21st Epistle, 1. 118, and
the Note. ]
[Footnote 1002: Dione. --Ver. 3. See the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 461, and the
Note. ]
[Footnote 1003: Son of Atreus. --Ver. 11. 'Helen was unfaithful to
Menelaus, while Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon. ]
[Footnote 1004: Son of Oeclus. --Ver. 13. See the Metamorphoses, Book
viii. 1. 317, ind the Note. ]
[Footnote 1005: From Phylace. --Ver. 17. See the Epistle of Laodamia to
Protesilaius. ]
[Footnote 1006: Son of Pheres. --Ver. 19. See the Pontic Epistles, Book
iii. El. i. L 106, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 1007: And in place of--Ver. 20. See the 111th line of the same
Elegy, and the Note. Also the Tristia, Book v. El. xiv. 1. 38. ]
[Footnote 1008: My skiff. --Ver. 26. 'Cymba. ' See the Amores, Book iii.
El. vi. 1. 4, and the Note. ]
[Footnote 1009: Another bride. --Ver. 34. Jason deserted Medea for
Creusa. ]
[Footnote 1010: Nine journies. --Ver. 37. See the Epistle of Phyllis to
Demophoon. ]
[Footnote 1011: Two treatises. --Ver. 47. His former books on the Art of
Love. ]
[Footnote 1012: Who before had uttered. --Ver. 49. He alludes to the Poet
Stesichorus, on whose lips a nightingale was said to have perched
and sung, when he was a child. Pliny relates that he wrote a poem,
inveighing bitterly against Helen, in which he called her the firebrand
of Troy, on which he was visited with blindness by her brothers, Castor
and Pollux, and did not recover his sight till he had recanted in
his Palinodia, which he composed in her praise. Suidas says, that
Stesichorus composed thirty, six books of Poems. Helen was born at
Therapnae, a town of Laconia. ]
[Footnote 1013: Your own privileges. --Ver. 58. 'Sua' seems to mean the
privileges sanctioned and conceded by the law, probably to those females
who were in the number of the 'professae. ']
[Footnote 1014: No door. --Ver. 71. So Horace says, in his address to
Lydia, Book i. Ode i. 25; 'Less frequently do the wanton youths shake
your joined windows with many a blow, and no longer deprive thee of
sleep, and the door adheres to its threshold. ']
[Footnote 1015: Bestrewed with roses. --Ver. 72. See line 528: in the
last Book Lucretius speaks of the admirers of damsels anointing their
doors with M ointment made of sweet marjoram. ]
[Footnote 1016: Hermione. --Ver. 86. According to Hesiod, Venus was the
mother of three children by Mars, of whom Hermione was one. ]
[Footnote 1017: May take up again. --Ver. 96. This is not the proper
translation, of the passage; but the real meaning cannot be presented
with a due regard to decorum. ]
[Footnote 1018: I begin with dress. --Ver. 101. He plays upon the
different meanings of the word 'cultus'; which means either 'dress,' or
'cultivation,' according as it is applied, to persons or land.
