[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.
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;