non ego ture modo aut picta tua templa tabella XV VATE Syracosio qui dulcior Hesiodoque maior, Homereo non minor ore fuit, illius haec quoque sunt divini elementa poetae et rudis in vario carmine Calliope. XIV. et] sed Burmann. maxima B: maximus HM. 8 sacrato Heinsius. spargit BHM. 9 vel] Birt: aut. vel mille col.] caput, ignicolorius Ellis. XV. In the MSS. this follows upon XIV. 12, as if it were a portion of that poem. 3 sint HM. thee in worthy song: not with incense alone or with painted tablet will I adorn thy temple and with clean hands bring thee garlands, but the horned ram, a lowly offering, and the bull, noblest victim, with blood of sacrifice shall besprinkle the hallowed altars, and unto thee in marble, with his quiver painted, as is wont, in all its thousand hues, shall winged Love be set up. Come, O lady of Cythera! thine own Caesar and the altar of Sorrento's shore call thee from Olympus. XV1 To that divine poet who was sweeter than the Syracusan bard,2 greater than Hesiod, and not inferior to Homer in his speech-to him also belong these first efforts, even his untutored Muse in varied strain. 1 An editorial epilogue, composed, according to Birt, by Varius. 2 Theocritus. - = INDEX = = - The references are to books and lines in the Latin text. Abbrevia- Abaris, member of Turnus' army, Abas: (1) early king of Argos, A. III. 286; (2) companion of Abydus, city on the Hellespont, Acamas, son of Theseus, A. II. 262 a province of central Greece, A. v. Acca, friend of Camilla, A. XI. 820, Acerrae, town of Campania, &. II. Acesta, town of Sicily, also called Egesta and Segesta, A. v. 718 Achaicus, and Achaius, adj. Achaean, Greek, A. II. 462; Achates, trusty squire of Aeneas, VIRG. II Achelois, a water-nymph, Co. 15 Acheron, a river of the lower world; 488; II. 45, 60, 102, 318; v. Acmon, companion of Aeneas, Acoetes, armour-bearer of Evander, Aconteus, a Latin warrior, A. XI. Acragas, town in Sicily, now Acrisione, daughter of Acrisius, Acrisius, king of Argos, father of 511 Amphion, king of Thebes, and husband of Niobe, E. II. 24 Amphitrite, wife of Neptune and goddess of the sea, Ci. 73, 486 Amphitryoniades, son or descendant of Amphitryo, i.e. Hercules, A. VIII. 103, 214 Amphrysius, adj. of Amphrysus, A. VI. 398 Amphrysus, a river of Thessaly, near which Apollo fed the flocks of Admetus, G. III. 2 Ampsanctus, a lake in Samnium, east of Naples, A. VII. 565 Amyclae: (1) a town of Latium, A. X. 564; (2) a town of Laconia in Greece, hence Amyclaeus, adj. G. III. 89, 345; Ci. 376, 489 Amycus: (1) a Trojan, A. I. 221; XII. 509; Thracian Amyntas, a shepherd, E. II. 35, 39; III. 66, 74, 83; v. 8, 15, 18; X. 37, 38, 41 Amythaonius, adj. of Amythaon, father of Melampus, and son of Cretheus, G. III. 550 Anagnia, a town of Latium, now Anchisiades, son of Anchises, i.e. 456; III. 297, 303, 319, 482, 487 Angitia, a sorceress, sister of Medea and Circe, honoured by the Marsi, A. VII. 759 Anienus, adj. of the Anio, G. IV. 369 Anio, a tributary of the Tiber, now Teverone, A. VII. 683 Anius, a king of Delos, priest of Apollo, A. III. 80 Anna, sister of Dido, A. IV. 9, 20, 31, 416, 421, 500, 634 Antaeus, a Latin, A. x. 561 Antandros, a town of Mysia, at the foot of Mt. Ida, A. III. 6 Antemnae, a Sabine town on the Anio, A. VII. 631 Antenor, a Trojan, founder of Patavium, now Padua, A. I. 242; hence Antenorides, son of Antenor, A. VI. 484 Antheus, a Trojan, A. I. 181, 510; XII. 443 Antigenes, a shepherd, E. v. 89 Antiphates, son of Sarpedon, A. IX. 696 Antonius, the triumvir, Marcus Antonius, defeated by Octavius at Actium, 31 B.C., A. 685 Antores, an Argive with Evander, A. X. 778, 779 VIII. Anubis, an Egyptian, dog-headed god, A. VIII. 698 Anxur, a Rutulian, A. X. 545 Anxurus, adj. of Anxur, old name of Terracina, A. vII. 799 Aones, adj. Aonian, Boeotian, E. VI. 65 Aonius, adj. Aonian, Boeotian, with vertex (= Mt. Helicon), G. III. 11; also Aonie, E. X. 12 Aornos, Lake Avernus, now Lago d'Averno, A. VI. 242 Aphaea, an epithet of Britomartis, Ci. 303 Aphidnus, a Trojan, A. IX. 702 Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona, and twin-brother of Diana, E. III. 104, etc. Appenninus, the Apennines, the main mountain-range of Italy, A. XII. 703; also Appenninicola, dweller in the Apennines, A. XI. 700 Aquarius, the water-bearer, a sign of the Zodiac, G. III. 304 Aquiculus, a Rutulian, A. IX 684 Aquilo, the North wind, or the North, G. I. 460; II. 113, 261, 334, 404; III. 196; A. I. 102, 391; III. 285; IV. 310; v. 2; VII. 361; Ci. 145 Arabs, an Arab, G. II. 115; 4. VIII. 706; and Arabus, adj. A. VII. 605; Ci. 238 |