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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb) 16 0 Browse Search
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John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 799 (search)
Circaeum iugum above v. 10. The iugum is the Circeian promontory (Dict. G. Mons Circeius). The temple of Jupiter at Anxur is mentioned by Livy: see Dict. G. Tarracina. Anxur or Axur seems to have been a local god identified with Jupiter, as, according to Serv., Feronia was with Juno, and hence Virg. combines the names, making Anxurus a title of Jupiter. Serv. has an etymological figment explaining the word as a)/neu cura=s, the god being represented on coins as a youth. See Preller, Römische MTarracina. Anxur or Axur seems to have been a local god identified with Jupiter, as, according to Serv., Feronia was with Juno, and hence Virg. combines the names, making Anxurus a title of Jupiter. Serv. has an etymological figment explaining the word as a)/neu cura=s, the god being represented on coins as a youth. See Preller, Römische Mythologie, p. 238. Pal. and originally Gud. have Anxuris. The people are called Anxurates by Livy. The construction is irregular (see on v. 727), the meaning being qui habitant arva . . . qui habitant qua iacet.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 800 (search)
Geticis qui praesidet arvis 3. 35. Here the reference seems to be to the position of the temple on a height. For the different views taken of the goddess Feronia see Dict. M. s. v. She appears again 8. 564 as the mother of a king Erulus. More than one grove was called by her name: that meant here was three miles from Tarracina (Hor. 1 S. 5. 24 foll.), on the border of the Pontine marshes (Dict. G. s. v.).