The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . s, to the metce, or goal, and back again, was termed spati-um, and seven of these had to be performed by the contendingchariots before winning the race. The spatia were made aroundthe spina, or low wall, running lengthways down the course, andat each end of it were three wooden cylinders of a conical shape,resting on a base, and called metct. Around these mc/a>, at eitherend of the spina, the chariots kept turning. The language of thetext is meant to express the accomplishment of round after round,and is equivalent merely to spatia spatiis addunt. Compa
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . s, to the metce, or goal, and back again, was termed spati-um, and seven of these had to be performed by the contendingchariots before winning the race. The spatia were made aroundthe spina, or low wall, running lengthways down the course, andat each end of it were three wooden cylinders of a conical shape,resting on a base, and called metct. Around these mc/a>, at eitherend of the spina, the chariots kept turning. The language of thetext is meant to express the accomplishment of round after round,and is equivalent merely to spatia spatiis addunt. Compare theexplanation of Frcund(Worterb., L. Spr., s v. addo), fvigen Zwis-chenraume auf Zwischenraume. The following wood-cut rep- NOTES ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK I. 285 resents the ground-plan of a Roman circus, with the spina runningalong the interior. The letters E E, at the extremities of the spina,mark the position of the mctce : 3DE IS- M And the following, copied from a marble in the British Museum,will explain the form of the 286 N0TE3 ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK II. BOOK II. Analysis of the Subject. I. Recapitulation of the subject of the previous Book, and briefexposition of that of the present one. (v. 1-3.) II. Invocation of Bacchus, not only as the god of the vine, butof fruits in general, (v. 4-8.) III. Origin of trees and plants, (v. 9-34.) (A.) Natural origin, (v. 10-21.)—Of their own accord, (v. 10-1J.)—From seed. (v. 14-16.)—From the parent root. (v. 17- (B.) Artificial origin, (v. 22-34 )—From suckers, (v. 23.)—Fromsettings, (v. 24-25.)—From layers, (v. 26-27.)—From cut-tings, (v. 28.)—From splittings of the parent trunk, (v. 30.)—From grafting, (v. 32-34.) IV. Modes of culture proper for the different kinds of trees andplants, (v. 35-82.) (A.) Introduction, (v. 35-38.)—Address to Maecenas, (v. 39- 46.)(B.) Mode of improving those that have a natural origin, (v. 47-60.)(C.) Mode of rearing those that have an artificial origin (v. 61-72), e
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