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John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 137 (search)
The nymphs and rivers are closely connected, as in 8. 71 foll., where the language about the Tiber will illustrate adhuc ignota flumina.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 150 (search)
aller stream in the same neighbourhood, near Lavinium, Wagn. believes the fontis stagna Numici to be the Stagno di Levante, not far from the ancient channel of the Tiber, partly on the strength of vv. 241, 747, where the Tiber and Numicius are mentioned together, a conjunction which may be explained by the historical connexion, witTiber and Numicius are mentioned together, a conjunction which may be explained by the historical connexion, without supposing immediate local proximity. It was in the Numicius that Aeneas ultimately perished in his war with the Rutuli, and on it was his shrine or tomb (Livy 1. 2); which again is in favour of a stream near Lavinium as against one close to the Tiber. ether, a conjunction which may be explained by the historical connexion, without supposing immediate local proximity. It was in the Numicius that Aeneas ultimately perished in his war with the Rutuli, and on it was his shrine or tomb (Livy 1. 2); which again is in favour of a stream near Lavinium as against one close to the Tiber.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 631 (search)
Ardea above v. 411. Crustumeri would seem to be the inhabitants of Crustumerium, the people being mentioned instead of the town on metrical grounds: they are however generally called Crustumini, and the place is sometimes called Crustumium, which would have suited the metre. For the questions about its origin see Dict. G. It was said to have been conquered by Romulus along with Antemnae and Caenina, all of which took up arms to avenge the rape of their women at the Consualia (Livy. 1. 9. foll.). There are similar questions about the origin of Antemnae (Dict. G.). Sil. 8. 365 calls it prisco Crustumio prior. It was so called from its position ante amnem, below the confluence of the Anio and Tiber.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 716 (search)
Nursia, called frigida from its situation in the midst of mountains, is mentioned several times both in early and later history. Shortly before the time of the composition of the Aeneid its inhabitants were punished by Octavianus for their conduct during the Perusian war (Dict. G.). There is a difficulty about Hortinae classes, as the town of Horta stood on the Etruscan side of the Tiber, and the adj. would naturally be Hortanus (Dict. G. Horta). Possibly there may be some confusion with the Fortineii, who are enumerated by Dionys. 5. 61 among the cities of the Latin league, and are identified by some with the Hortenses, perhaps the people of Ortona, mentioned in Pliny's list (3. 5 &c.), of the extinct communities of Latium. Comp. foedus, hoedus, fordus, hordus &c. This would agree with the mention of the populi Latini here, and would not be inconsistent with the occurrence of Allia in the next line. Populi Latini seems used very loosely, as we can hardly suppose that Virg. means to
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 797 (search)
Wagn. thinks this and the five following lines specify not new tribes, but the localities inhabited by those already mentioned. This is possible: but Virg. elsewhere in this catalogue mixes up the two modes of designation (e. g. vv. 710 foll.), so that it would hardly be safe to assume that he intends any distinction here. For the words about the Tiber comp. v. 29 above, 8. 92 foll.: for Numicus vv. 150, 242 above.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 18-35 (search)
Meantime Aeneas, distracted with care, lies down to sleep, when the god of the Tiber appears to him.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 42 (search)
Iamque may either indicate a transition (see Wagn. Q. V. 24. 9) or may have its ordinary sense of just now or already, implying that what is prophesied will take place immediately. The incompleteness of v. 41 makes the precise sense here uncertain. The omen here promised by the Tiber as a confirmation of the vision had been promised already by Helenus 3. 388 foll., though with a different object: see on v. 46. Here the white sow is Alba; the thirty young ones are the thirty years that were to elapse between the building of Lavinium and Alba (v. 47); an explanation of the legend as old as Varro, R. R. 2. 4, L. L. 5. § 144. For the various forms of the legend see Lewis vol. 1. pp. 334, 354, 5. The symbolizing of the thirty years by the thirty pigs is like the symbolizing of the nine years of unsuccessful siege by the sparrow and her eight young ones in Il. 2. 326 foll. For ne Rom. has nec. The lines 43—45 are repeated from 3. 390— 392, where see no
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 46 (search)
Wagn. think, indispensable to it. It is one thing to interpret the omen as showing the place where Lavinium is to be built, another to explain the white sow of Alba, the thirty pigs of the thirty years. Helenus confines himself to the first: the Tiber, according to the common text, passes from one to the other so as rather to confuse the two. It seems better to suppose that he simply speaks from the latter point of view, ex quo being explained as ex quo prodigio with Ribbeck. This is confirmedver or when he sees the sow. The line then should at least be bracketed, if not struck from the text. It is a further objection to the genuineness of this line that hic must be taken with great latitude, Lavinium being twelve Roman miles from the Tiber: and this, which would be nothing where the country was the thing indicated, as in the prophecy of Helenus, seems harsh when Aeneas has found the country, and the thing to be indicated is the particular site of his town. Nor is it likely perhaps
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 61 (search)
It is not clear whether victor is used in reference to supera, or whether it is to be taken in its ordinary sense, the Tiber bidding Aeneas wait till he is a conqueror before paying dues to himself, and thus prophesying him victory.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 62 (search)
Wagn. and Forb. contend that the construction is not ego sum Thybris, which they think would be weak, but ego sum, it is I that speak, the rest being added in apposition. But it is difficult to see where the weakness would be shown, and the ordinary interpretation seems the natural way in which a stranger would announce himself, though in 10. 230 a comma is rightly placed after nos sumus, the meaning being It is we, your old friends. Pleno flumine is of course an honourable attribute of a river, like pinguia culta secantem, with which last comp. the description of Eridanus G. 4. 272, and that of Tiber himself A. 2. 781.
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