A term of Ovid, stories from the Metamorphoses for study and sight reading . ate. munera solvit: observe that the meaning here is exactly opposite tothat in 1. 774, although the fundamental idea in both cases is the same,to loose. In the former instance the god released himself from obliga-tion by giving the gift, here he releases Midas by annulling it. Per-haps a more exact expression would have been : eum datis muneribussolvit. Render and as proof of the deed hecanceled the gift which lie had given. 807. Sardibus : Sardis was north of Mt Tmolus. 808. undis: dat. with obvius following a verb
A term of Ovid, stories from the Metamorphoses for study and sight reading . ate. munera solvit: observe that the meaning here is exactly opposite tothat in 1. 774, although the fundamental idea in both cases is the same,to loose. In the former instance the god released himself from obliga-tion by giving the gift, here he releases Midas by annulling it. Per-haps a more exact expression would have been : eum datis muneribussolvit. Render and as proof of the deed hecanceled the gift which lie had given. 807. Sardibus : Sardis was north of Mt Tmolus. 808. undis: dat. with obvius following a verb of motion, as if a verb compounded with ob. 811. crimen: because it was the result of his guilty folly. 812. iussae: as bidden. 815. Pan is represented in pictures as a curious be-ing, half god, half goat. His worship was con-nected with that of Bacchus and the nymphs. 817. praecordia mentis: mens. (From an £*k*t Vase) 820. hinc, illinc: Sardis was situated to the north of Mt. Tmolus, Hypaepa to the south. Arachne, in Metamorphoses, V, 13, parvis habitabat 138 NOTES [P. 56 821. nymphis: dative. 822. cerata: like Daedalus wings, Pans pipes were fastened together with wax. 823. se: suis (cantibus). 824. sub : under, before. impar: inasmuch as Apollo was the god of music. 825. monte: locative abl. iudex: the god of the mountain. 826. liberat: just as a modern musician pushes back his hair from his ears, presumably to hear : the effect of the dark green of the trees tempered by hazydistance. 830. barbarico: not necessarily harsh, but non-Hellenic, Phrygian, so that it appealed particularly to the patriotic ears of the Phrygian : when he played. What is the syntax of this word? 831. sacer: sacred, as belonging to Bacchus. See 1. caput: cf. pectora, 1. 674. 836. a laeva: in his left hand. 837. artificis, etc.: his very posture suggested the musician. 838. pollice sollicitat: read this line aloud and see the musical e
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