A. Postquam is non pro vetere fama solum, sed etiam metu futuri dedecoris, si sua temeritate contractae cladi superesset, obiectans se hostium telis cecidit, fusa extemplo est Romana acies. Complex Postquam +ACIES+ Romana +FUSA EST+ 1. extemplo (_time_) 2. Postquam is ... cecidit (_time_) A1. Postquam is ... cecidit Subordinate _adv._ to +FUSA EST+ in A Postquam is non pro vetere ... +OBIECTANS+ telis cecidit A2. si sua ... superesset Subordinate _adv._ to +OBIECTANS+ in A1 si (he) superesset cladi sua temeritate contractae DEMONSTRATION V. _The Happy Life._ (a) Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, I Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum Subiecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari! || Fortunatus et ille, deos qui novit agrestes, II Panaque, Silvanumque senem, Nymphasque sorores! || 5 Illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum III Flexit et infidos agitans discordia fratres, Aut coniurato descendens Dacus ab Histro, Non res Romanae, perituraque regna; || neque ille IV Aut doluit miserans inopem aut invidit habenti. || 10 VERGIL. _The Happy Life._ (b) +Felix+, (qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, I Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum Subiecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari!) +Fortunatus+ et +ille+, (deos qui novit agrestes, II Panaque, Silvanumque senem, Nymphasque sorores!) 5 +Illum+ non populi +fasces+, non +purpura+ regum III +Flexit+ et infidos agitans +discordia+ fratres, Aut coniurato descendens +Dacus+ ab Histro, Non +res Romanae, perituraque regna+; neque ille IV Aut +doluit+ miserans inopem aut +invidit habenti+. 10 VERGIL. DEMONSTRATION V. VERGIL, _Georg._ ii. 490-499. _Read the Passage carefully._--Notice as you read the many allusions and key-words in the passage, _e.g._ +Acherontis+, +Pana+, +Silvanum+, +Nymphas+, +Dacus ab Istro+, +res Romanae+, +rerum causas+, and +populi fasces+. These, taken in connection with the main predicates +felix+, +fortunatus+, +non flexit+, +neque doluit+, +aut invidit+, will readily suggest to you the main thought of the passage:-- _Happy is Nature’s bard who knows and fears not: happy he too who knows the gods of the country. He is not distressed by ambition, nor wars, nor pain, nor envy._ +I.+ +Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum Subiecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari!+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +inexorabile+ = _relentless_; lit. _that cannot be moved by entreaty_. +in+ (_not_) + +ex+ (_easily_) + +orabilis+ (_entreated_). For +oro+ cf. +ōs+ = _mouth_; +orator+ = _speaker_; +oratio+ = _speech_. +fatum+ = _fate_, _i.e._ of _death_, as the common lot of all men, the decree of nature.