=36. MVRMVR.= The hum caused by the exchange of approving comments. Compare _Met_ XIII 123-24 'finierat Telamone satus, uulgique secutum / ultima _murmur_ erat'. Livy (XXXII 22 1) has a _murmur_ of mingled praise and dissent following a speech: '_murmur_ ortum aliorum cum adsensu, aliorum inclementer adsentientes increpantium'. Other _murmura_ are disapproving or anxious, as at _Met_ I 206, VIII 431 & IX 421, and _Aen_ XII 238-39. The Latin _murmur_ could be quite loud: Martial uses the word of a lion's roar (VIII liii [lv] 1). =40. SEXTA ... BRVMA.= The poem must have been written in the winter of 14. =41. NOCVERVNT.= _Nocere_ again used of the _Ars Amatoria_ at xiv 20 'telaque adhuc demens quae _nocuere_ sequor?' and _Tr_ IV 1 35. =42. PRIMAQVE TAM MISERAE CAVSA FVERE FVGAE.= The second cause was of course Ovid's _error_ (_EP_ III iii 67-72). =43. STVDII COMMVNIA FOEDERA SACRI.= Similar references to shared poetic interests at viii 81 '_communia sacra_ tueri', _EP_ II v 60 (to Salanus, a famous orator) 'seruat _studii foedera_ quisque sui', _EP_ II ix 63-64 (to Cotys, king of Thrace, who was a writer of verse) 'haec quoque res aliquid tecum mihi _foederis_ adfert; / eiusdem _sacri_ cultor uterque sumus', _EP_ II x 17 'sunt tamen inter se _communia sacra_ poetis', and _EP_ III iv 67 'sunt mihi uobiscum _communia sacra_, poetae'. The _foedera_ would carry the obligation of mutual assistance. =44. PER NON VILE TIBI NOMEN AMICITIAE.= 'By the name of friendship which is not cheap in your eyes' (Wheeler). Professor R. J. Tarrant cites similar invocations at _Tr_ I viii 15 'illud _amicitiae_ sanctum et uenerabile nomen', and _EP_ II iii 19-20 'illud _amicitiae_ quondam uenerabile _nomen_ / prostat', III ii 43 & III ii 100. =44-46. AMICITIAE ... INGENIIS.= For Ovid's use of quadrisyllable endings for pentameters, see at ii 10 _Alcinoo_ (p 164). =45-46. SIC VINCTO LATIIS GERMANICVS HOSTE CATENIS / MATERIAM VESTRIS ADFERAT INGENIIS.= Compare _EP_ II viii 39-40 'sic fera quam primum pauido Germania uultu / ante triumphantes serua feratur equos'. Germanicus celebrated his triumph in 17: see Tac _Ann_ II 41. _Vestris_ is a true plural referring to Carus and other poets who might be inspired by Germanicus' exploits. For this use of _uester_ to address one member of a collectivity, see Austin on _Aen_ I 140 and Fordyce on Catullus XXIX 20. =45. VINCTO= is my restoration for the manuscripts' CAPTO, which I am unable to construe with _catenis_. _Vincto_ was first corrupted to _uicto_, which was then displaced by the gloss _capto_. For the picture compare _AA_ I 215 'ibunt ante duces onerati colla catenis'; for _uincto_ compare Livy VII 27 8 'eos _uinctos_ consul ante currum triumphans egit', and for _uincto ... catenis_ compare Caesar _BG_ I 53 'trinis catenis uinctus'. =47. PVERI.= The sons of Germanicus: Nero, Drusus III, and Gaius Caligula.