The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . NOTES ON ECLOGUE V. 1G1 his orgies. It was twisted round with branches of vine and ivy,and was sometimes terminated by the apple of the pine or fir-cone,that tree being dedicated to Bacchus, in consequence of the use ofthe turpentine which flowed from it, and also of its cones, in themaking of wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, mostcommonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivyleaves, with grapes or berries arranged in the form of a cone. Thepreceding wood-cut shows the head of a thyrsus, composed of theleaves and berries of
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . NOTES ON ECLOGUE V. 1G1 his orgies. It was twisted round with branches of vine and ivy,and was sometimes terminated by the apple of the pine or fir-cone,that tree being dedicated to Bacchus, in consequence of the use ofthe turpentine which flowed from it, and also of its cones, in themaking of wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, mostcommonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivyleaves, with grapes or berries arranged in the form of a cone. Thepreceding wood-cut shows the head of a thyrsus, composed of theleaves and berries of the ivy, and surrounded by acanthus leaves. In the following cut, a fillet is tied to the pole just below thehead, and the pole itself is bare. This fillet was often used, andwas of a white 33-35. Vitis ut arboribus, &c. By the vine being an ornamentto the trees is meant its adorning the elms by which it was sup-ported.—Tu decus omne tuts. So wast thou the whole glory ofthy friends. Supply eras.—Pales. The goddess who presidedover cattle and pastures among the ancient Romans.—Apollo. Apol-lo Nomius (NdjUioj-) is here meant. He was originally a local deityof the shepherds of Arcadia, and was transformed into, and identi-fied with, the Dorian Apollo during the process in which the latterbecame the national divinity of the Peloponnesians. Nd/uof means,11 of or belonging to a pasture, or 162 NOTES ON ECLOGUE V. 36-37. Grandia scope quibus, &c. Often ia those furrows inwhich we have sown plump barley, the unhappy darnel and steriloats are produced ; more freely, wild oats. The ordinary texthas dominantur instead of nascuntur; but the latter is the truereading, and is sanctioned by the earlier editions and MSS. Thesame line occurs again in the Georgi
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