bestiae, etc.: alluding to the myths of Orpheus and Arion (see Ovid, Met. 10.3; Fasti, 2. 83-118; Virg., Ecl. 8.56). Homerum, etc.: the names of the cities which thus claimed Homer are given in the following hexameter verse: “Smyrna, Chios, Colophon, Salamis, Rhodes, Argos, Athenae.
” olim, almost equiv. to an adj.: Cf. § 321, d (188, e); G. 439, N.4; H. 497, 5 (359, N.4); H.-B. 295, C. Cimbricas res: the war with the Cimbri and Teutones, who invaded Italy and were at length defeated by Marius (the Teutones, B.C. 102; the Cimbri, 101). durior: Marius was a rude and illiterate soldier. The illustration (p.163) shows what seems to be the most trustworthy portrait of Marius (from the impression of a coin, now lost); various busts have been identified with him, but without any probable evidence.
