The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . a young and tender state, and therefore fitter for brows-ing upon. 31-33. In silvis. The scene now changes to the woodland pas-tures among the mountains, as opposed to the meadows where thehibiscus grows.—Pan primus calamos, &c. The Pans pipe, or Pan-dean pipe, was the appropriate musical instrument of the Arcadianand other Grecian shepherds, and was regarded by them as the in-vention of Pan, their tutelary god, who was sometimes heard play-ing upon it, as they imagined, on Mount Maenalus. Its Greek namewas ovpty!;, its Latin appellation, fistula. It was c
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . a young and tender state, and therefore fitter for brows-ing upon. 31-33. In silvis. The scene now changes to the woodland pas-tures among the mountains, as opposed to the meadows where thehibiscus grows.—Pan primus calamos, &c. The Pans pipe, or Pan-dean pipe, was the appropriate musical instrument of the Arcadianand other Grecian shepherds, and was regarded by them as the in-vention of Pan, their tutelary god, who was sometimes heard play-ing upon it, as they imagined, on Mount Maenalus. Its Greek namewas ovpty!;, its Latin appellation, fistula. It was constructed eitherof cane, reed, or hemlock. In general, seven hollow stems of theseplants were fitted together by means of wax, having been previouslycut to the proper length, and adjusted so as to form an octave ; butsometimes nine were admitted, giving an equal number of annexed wood-cut represents Pan, holding in his right hand adrinking horn, and in his left a syrinx, which is strengthened bytwo transverse 34-39. Nee te pceniicat, &c. Nor let it repent thee, &c, i. deem it unworthy of thee, or, in other words, an unbecomingemployment.—Calamo trivisse labellum. To have rubbed thy lipagainst the reed, i. e., to have passed the lips along the severalapertures, the pipes, in blowing on them, being moved along thelips.—Quid non faciebat Amyntas. Alluding to a well-known playeron the syrinx in the neighbourhood, who left no means untried toequal the skill of Corydon.—Disparibus septcm, &c. Formed ofseven hemlock stalks of unequal length, fastened together.—Da-mcttas. A celebrated performer on the syrinx, who left his pipe asa legacy to Corydon.—Secundum. As a second owner, i. e., andone deserving to hold it as such. Compare the explanation of 124 NOTES ON ECLOGUE II. Voss: Von dir gebraucht, wird sie ihren vorigen Eigener nichtvermissen. Dixit Damcetas, &c. The repetition here, dixit Damatas, lays aparticular stress on the person of the speake
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