FOOTNOTES BOOK TWO
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Ovid and Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
941 (return) [ Thrush and a pigeon.—Ver. 269. Probably live birds of the kind are here alluded to; Pliny tells us that they were trained to imitate the human voice. Thrushes were much esteemed as a delicacy for the table. They were sold tied up in clusters, in the shape of a crown.]
942 (return) [ By these means.—Ver. 271. He alludes to those who continued to slip into dead men's shoes, by making trifling presents of niceties. Juvenal inveighs against this practice.]
943 (return) [ Poetry does not.—Ver. 274. See the remarks of Dipsas in the Amores, Book i. El. viii. 1. 57.]
944 (return) [ Only rich.—Ver. 276. See the Amores, Book iii. El. ii.]
945 (return) [ Tyrian hue.—Ver. 297. See the Fasti, Book ii. 1. 107, and the Note.]
946 (return) [ Of Cos—Ver. 298. See the Epistles of Sabinus, Ep. iii. 1. 45, and the Note.]
947 (return) [ A dress of felt.—Ver. 300. 'Gausape,' 'gausapa,' or 'gausapum,' was a kind of thick woolly cloth, which had a long nap on one side. It was used to cover tables and beds, and as a protection against wind and rain. It was worn both by males and females, and came into use among the Romans about the time of Augustus.]
948 (return) [ You are setting me on fire.—Ver. 301. Burmanu deservedly censures the explanation of 'moves incendia,' given by Crispinus, the Delphin Editor, 'Vous mourrez de chaud,' 'You will die of heat,' applying the observation to the lady, and not, figuratively, to the feelings of her lover.]
949 (return) [ Her very embraces.—Ver. 308. The common reading of this line is clearly corrupt; probably the reading is the one here adopted, 'Et un dat, gaudia, voce proba.']
950 (return) [ What advice—Ver. 368. These attempts at argument are exhausted by Paris, in his Epistle to Helen.]
952 (return) [ Stinging-nettle.—Ver. 417. Pliny prescribes nettle-seed as a stimulating medicine, mixed with linseed, hyssop, and pepper.]
953 (return) [ White onion.—Ver. 421. The onions of Megara are praised by Cato, the agricultural writer.]
954 (return) [ Alcathous.—Ver. 421. See the Metamorphoses, Book vii. 1.]
955 (return) [ At first.—Ver. 467. See the beginning of the First Book of the Metamorphoses.]
956 (return) [ Unclean mate.—Ver. 486. He alludes to the strong smell of the he-goat.]
957 (return) [ Machaon.—Ver. 491. He was a famous physician, son of Æsculapius, and was slain in the Trojan war. See the Tristia, Book v. El. vi. 1. 11.]
958 (return) [ He came.—Ver. 496. 'Adest' seems a preferable reading to 'agit.']
959 (return) [ To know himself.—Ver. 600. 'Know thyself,' was a saying of Chilo, the Lacedaemonian, one of the wise men of Greece. This maxim was also inscribed in gold letters in the temple of Apollo at Delphi. 'Too much of nothing' was a second maxim there inscribed; and a third was, 'Misery is the consequence of debt and discord.']
960 (return) [ Drinks with elegance.—Ver. 506. It is hard to say what art in drinking is here alluded to; whether a graceful air in holding the cup, or the ability of drinking much without shewing any signs of inebriety.
Let the old woman come.—Ver. 329. In sickness it was the custom to purify the bed and chamber of the patient, with sulphur and eggs. It seems also to have been done when the patient was pining through unrequited love. Apulius mentions a purification by the priest of Isis, who uses eggs and sulphur while holding a torch and repeating a prayer. The nurse of the patient seems here to be directed to perform the ceremony.]
961 (return) [ The Fasti, Book ii. 1. 19, and Book iv. 1. 728. From a passage of Juvenal, we find that it was a common practice to purify with eggs and sulphur, in the month of September, * On Athos.—Ver. 517. See the Metamorphoses, Book ii. 1. 217, and the Note.]
962 (return) [ On Hybla.—Ver. 517. See the Tristia, Book v. El. xiii. 1. 22.]
963 (return) [ Off your head.—Ver. 528. Iphis, in the fourteenth Book of the Metamorphoses, 1. 732, raises his eyes to the door-posts of his mistress, 'so often adorned by him with wreaths.']
964 (return) [ The senses.—Ver. 532. He seems to believe, with Nixon d'Enelos, in the existence of a sixth sense.]
965 (return) [ Of mighty Jove.—Ver. 540. He alludes to the triumphal procession to the Capitol.]
966 (return) [ Gentle sleep.—Ver. 546. See the Amores, Book iii. El. i. 1. 51. He means to say that husbands give a certain latitude to their wives, who do not fail to improve upon it.]
967 (return) [ Own husband.—Ver. 551. See the Amores, Book i. El. iv. 1. 38.]
968 (return) [ Other men visit.—Ver. 554. 'Viri' seems to be a better reading than 'viro.']
969 (return) [ Mars and Venus.—Ver. 562. See the Metamorphoses, Book iv. 1. 173.]
970 (return) [ Says, laughing.—Ver. 585. See a similar passage in the Metamorphoses, Book iv. 1. 187.]
971 (return) [ For Thrace.—Ver. 588. He was much venerated by the warlike Thracians.]
972 (return) [ Paphos.—Ver. 588. See the Metamorphoses, Book x. 1. 298.]
973 (return) [ Fire and water render.—Ver. 598. Among the Romans, when the bride reached her husband's house, he received her with fire and water, which it was the custom for her to touch. This is, by some, supposed to have been symbolical of purification; or it was an expression of welcome, as the interdiction of fire and water was the formula for banishment.]
974 (return) [ My sallies.—Ver. 600. See Book L 1. 31, and the Note. See also the Fasti, Book iv. 1. 866, and the Note.]
975 (return) [ The rites of Ceres.—Ver. 601. He alludes to the mysterious rites of Ceres, in the island of Samothrace.]
976 (return) [ Not enclosed in chests.—Ver. 609. Certain chests were carried in the procession at the festival of Ceres, the contents of which, if there were any, was a mystery to the uninitiated.]
977 (return) [ The left hand.—Ver. 614. This is the attitude of the Venus de Medicis.]
978 (return) [ At a heavy price.—Ver. 626. Men spend their money on debauchery, only for the pleasure of talking of it.]
979 (return) [ Waving wings.—Ver. 644. He refers to Perseus admiring the swarthy Andromeda.]
980 (return) [ Of larger stature.—Ver. 645. She was remarkable for her height.]