[87] Doubtless ex voto offerings.

[88] The “hidden places” (i.e. the sides of the mountain below the water-level) are “revealed” because of the translucency of the water.

[89] Claudian describes a film or crust which encircles the lake and forms a path.

[220]

haerent stagna lacu plenas aequantia ripas

praescriptumque timent transiluisse modum;

quod superat, fluvius devexa rupe volutus

egerit et campi dorsa recurva petit,

devehit exceptum nativo spira[90] meatu; 55

in patulas plumbi labitur inde vias;