The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . ground. (Compare noteon verse 289.)—Tostas. Parched, i. e., by the heat, or, as Colu-mella expresses it, opportunis solibus torrcfacla (ii., 21). 299-304. Nudus ara, &c. Plough in thin attire, sow in thin at-tire, i. c, do your ploughing and sowing in the warm part of theday, when but little clothing will be required. The poet, it will beremembered, speaks of ploughing and sowing, in a previous pass-age (v. 210), as commencing at the autumnal equinox. We mustbe careful here not to regard nudus as implying absolute naked-ness. It merely denotes one, on the
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . ground. (Compare noteon verse 289.)—Tostas. Parched, i. e., by the heat, or, as Colu-mella expresses it, opportunis solibus torrcfacla (ii., 21). 299-304. Nudus ara, &c. Plough in thin attire, sow in thin at-tire, i. c, do your ploughing and sowing in the warm part of theday, when but little clothing will be required. The poet, it will beremembered, speaks of ploughing and sowing, in a previous pass-age (v. 210), as commencing at the autumnal equinox. We mustbe careful here not to regard nudus as implying absolute naked-ness. It merely denotes one, on the present occasion, who wearsonly his tunic or indutus. In this state of comparative nudity theancients performed the operations of ploughing, sowing, and reap-ing. Cincinnatus was found thus thinly attired when he was calledto be dictator, and sent for his toga, that he might appear before thesenate. The accompanying wood-cut is taken from an antique gemin the Florentine collection, and shows a man ploughing in his tu-nic Ignava. Is a season of indolence. The part of the winterseason here particularly alluded to consisted of the fifteen days 1 NOTES ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK I. 265 both before and after the winter solstice (Compare note on verse211.)—Parto. What they have acquired, i. c, the stores previ-ously laid up.—Curant. Turn all their attention to.—Genialishicms. The genial winter, i. e., the proper season of was the month held sacred to each ones genius, and itwas then, in particular, when the labours of the year were broughtto a close, that the genius was propitiated by festal relaxation.(Orid, Fast., iii., 58 )—Presses carina. The heavily-laden barks. — Coronas. On the arrival and departure of vessels, garlands werehung at the stern, the images of the tutelary deities being keptthere. This line occurs again at Mn., iv., 418. 305-310. Sed tamen, &c. Although winter is the season of inac-tivity, still certain things are to be attended to
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