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E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill), Poem 11 (search)
Hircanis Arabisve parant seu tendere ad Indos. Arabas molles: so called from their proverbial riches and luxury; cf. Verg. G. 1.57 molles sua tura Sabaci [mittunt] ; Tib. 2.2.3 urantur odores qusi tener mittit Arabs. Sacas: a nomadic people, called Scythians by the Greeks, dwelling far to the north-east of Parthia and Bactria; cf. Plin. NH 6.17.50 celeberrimi eorum [Scytharum] Sacae , etc. sagittiferos Parthos: with reference, as very often in Latin literature, to the traditional weapon and manner of fighting of these most dreaded enemies of Rome; cf. Hor. Carm. 2.13.17 miles [timet] sagittas et celerem fugam Parthi ; Ov. Rem. Am. 157 vince Cupidineas pariter Parthasque