The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . ase, and prom-ises to erect a marble statue to her if she will make him alwaysenjoy equal success in the hunt. The rules of amoebean song al-lowed this change of character, and the bringing in of the actionsand words of others.—Delia. Delian goddess. Diana was socalled from her natal island of Delos; and from the same cause,Apollo was styled Delius.—Parvus Micon. The youthful must here supply dicat, consecrates, an ellipsis of very com-mon occurrence in such cases. This consecrating consisted in sus-pending the offering from a tree. Vivacis cervi.
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . ase, and prom-ises to erect a marble statue to her if she will make him alwaysenjoy equal success in the hunt. The rules of amoebean song al-lowed this change of character, and the bringing in of the actionsand words of others.—Delia. Delian goddess. Diana was socalled from her natal island of Delos; and from the same cause,Apollo was styled Delius.—Parvus Micon. The youthful must here supply dicat, consecrates, an ellipsis of very com-mon occurrence in such cases. This consecrating consisted in sus-pending the offering from a tree. Vivacis cervi. Of a long-livedstag. The stag was famed forits longevity, a circumstance oft-en alluded to by both poets andprose writers among the ancients.(Compare Juv., xiv., 125 ; Ov.,Met., iii., 194; Cic, Tusc, iii., 28,&c.)—Si proprium hoc fuerit, &c. If this (success) shall be last-ing. Observe that hoc gets itspeculiar force here from whatimmediately precedes. — full length, i. c, not abust merelv or herma.—Cothur-. NOTES ON ECLOGUE VII. 181 no. The shape and mode of wearing the cothurnus, or buskin, maybe seen from the preceding cut, where two separate delineationsare given from different statues. 33-36. Sinum lactis, &c. It is sufficient for thee, O Priapus,to expect every year a jug of milk, and these cakes. By sinum(another form for which, in the nominative, is sinus) is meant avessel with a large protuberance or belly, like what we call a derives it from sinus, which appears hardly correct, sincesinus, a bosom, has tbe initial syllable short. Turnebus tracesan analogy between it and dtvoc, vortex.—Lactis. The inferiordeities did not use to have victims offered unto them, but milk,cakes, and fruit.—Liba. Cakes made of meal, oil, and honey, andaccustomed to be used in sacrifices.—Priape. Priapus was the godnot only of gardens, but of fruitfulness in general. In this quatraina shepherd speaks, and tells Priapus that, though, from his poverty,he may
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