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sub divum: into the light; cf.1. 1. 25; 3. 2. 5; 2. 3. 23.—saeva: harsh, appalling. Saeva sonoribus arma (Verg. Aen. 9. 651).—tene: check, hush.—Berecyntio: the Berecynthian horn belonged to the worship of Cybele (Lucret. 2. 619), but was transferred to that of Bacchus also. Cf. Catull. 64. 264; Eurip. Bacchae, 78; cf. 3. 19. 18.


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