Curius parvo quae legerat horto Ipse focis brevibus ponebat holuscula. JUVENAL, xi. 78-79. [Linenotes: 78-79. Plutarch, _Cato_ 2, tells the story. Curius was one of Milton’s ‘Men so poor | who could do mighty things.’ --Duff. 79. +holuscula+ (dimin. of +hŏlus+) = _small herbs or vegetables_.] C. Hunc et incomptis Curium capillis Utilem bello tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas et avitus apto Cum lare fundus. 44 HORACE, _Odes_, I. xii. 41-44. [Linenotes: 41. +Hunc+ = Fabricius. 43. +paupertas+ = _frugality_, not _poverty_ (= _egestas_). 43-44. +apto cum lare+ = _with its cottage home to match_ (+apto+). --W. ‘Hurrah! for Manius Curius The bravest son of Rome, Thrice in utmost need sent forth, Thrice drawn in triumph home.’ --Macaulay.] D47 THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS. (7) _In Praise of Tarentum._ Unde si Parcae prohibent iniquae, Dulce pellītis ovibus Galaesi Flumen et regnata petam Laconi Rura Phalantho. 12 Ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes Angulus ridēt, ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt viridique certat Baca Venafro, 16 Ver ubi longum tepidasque praebet Iuppiter brumas et amicus Aulon Fertili Baccho minimum Falernis Invidet uvis. 20 Ille te mecum locus et beatae Postulant arces, ibi tu calentem Debita sparges lacrima favillam Vatis amici. 24 HORACE, _Odes_, II. vi. 9-end. +Subject.+ ‘Septimius, my dear friend who would accompany me to the ends of the earth, let me spend the close of my life at Tibur (Tivoli), or if not there, then at Tarentum. Let us go there together, and live there till I die.’ --Wickham. [Linenotes: 9. +unde+ = _from this place_, i.e. from Tibur. 10. +dulce pellitis ovibus+ = _dear to the skin-clad_ (+pellitis+) _sheep_, so clad to keep their fleeces clean. --Gow. 10-11. +Galaesi flumen+, flows into the Gulf of Tarentum, near the city. 12. +Phalantho+, an exile from Sparta, founded Tarentum, 708 B.C. 13, 21, 22. +Ille+ (13) ... +ille+ (21) ... +ibi+ (22) = _Tarentum_, emphatic guiding words. Cf. +te mecum+ (21) ... +tu amici+ (22, 24) = _Septimius and Horace_. 14-15. +ubi non ... decedunt+ = _where the honey does not give way to (is not inferior to) that of Hymettus_. 15-16. +viridi Venafro+ = _with the green (olive-groves of) Venafrum_ (N. of Campania). 16. +Baca+ = _the olive_, the noblest of berries. --Gow. 18. +Aulon+ = (_the grapes of_) _Aulon_, a hill and valley near Tarentum. 19. +Fertili+ = _who makes the vines fertile_. 22-24. +ibi tu ... vatis amici.+ ‘There when life shall end, Your tear shall dew my yet warm pyre, Your bard and friend.’ --Conington.] +Reference.+ Polybius, x. 1. In 272 B.C. Milo with his garrison of Epirots marched out of Tarentum with all the honours of war.