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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII

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A.what madness can do: “madness” is the grammatical subject. Ovid IV.429 “quidque furor valeat”.
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B.the hollowed deep: Ovid IV.537 is variously read as “in medio ... profundo”, “immenso ... profundo” and “in dīo ... profundo”. The Bell text “the hallowed deep” can only be based on the rare “dio” reading.
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C.Εὐοῖ Βάκχε, ὦ Ἰακχε, Ιώ Βάκχε, Εὐοῖ σαβοῖ: Text given as printed. The exact form (with consistent capitalization) is probably Εὐοῖ Βάκχε, Ὦ Ἴακχε, Ἰώ Βάκχε, Εὐοῖ σαβαῖ.

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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII, Project Gutenberg eBook #21765

EXPLANATION. FABLE I.