A term of Ovid, stories from the Metamorphoses for study and sight reading . winged sandals and harpe ; Minerva had given him a helmet, spear, and shield; while Jupiter was his father, and had been of great moral Alipedi: in what you have read, find several other allusions to this quality of rapit: shows the promptness with which Perseus claims his reward, while indotata shows his love for her. Compare the use of rapuit— in 1. 1377, and see note. P. 84] NOTES 153 1391, praecutiunt: at the head of the marriage procession. Here the gods of Marriage and Love act the
A term of Ovid, stories from the Metamorphoses for study and sight reading . winged sandals and harpe ; Minerva had given him a helmet, spear, and shield; while Jupiter was his father, and had been of great moral Alipedi: in what you have read, find several other allusions to this quality of rapit: shows the promptness with which Perseus claims his reward, while indotata shows his love for her. Compare the use of rapuit— in 1. 1377, and see note. P. 84] NOTES 153 1391, praecutiunt: at the head of the marriage procession. Here the gods of Marriage and Love act the part of aurea: decked with gold. 1396. Cepheni proceres : the Ethiopians. 1397. munere : take with qui: Cepheus. 1403. Agenorides : Perseus was not a direct descendant from Agenor. It is thought by many that this is an oversight of Ovid, due to the great haste with which the poem was wTritten. Make a list of all the names by which Perseus is called in this chapter. gelido: this seems rather early for Perseus to apply this word to Atlas,. Pegasus as it is only a few hours after the man was changed into a mountain. The description of the cave is inaccurate too, as the adventure hap-pened before Atlas was sorores : the Graeae, two old women, Pephredo and Eryo, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They were said to have only one eye and one tooth, which they used by turns, as cepisse manu: and had refused to return, it is said, until the helpless old women had told him how to find his way to the home of the Gorgons. 1412. ex ipsis : cf. 1. 7, teque ipsa carebis. 1413. Prose order: seque aere repercusso clipei, quod laeva gerebat, formam Medusae horrendae adspexisse. 154 NOTES [P. 84 1414. aere: the mirrors of the ancients were usually of polished brass. 1417. matris : Medusae; the winged horse Pegasus and the giant Chrysaorsprang from the blood of Medusa. Pegasus was destined to play an im-portant part in mytholog
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