Squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis.
Vergil, Georg. ii, 136-154.
136 silvae ditissima = most rich in forests.—Sidgwick.
137 Hermus, auriferous river of Lydia, cf. the R. Pactolus.
138 Bactra, modern Balk, N. of Afghanistan.
139 Panchaia, i.e. Arabia, the Eldorado of the Old World.
141 satis . . . hydri = where the enormous dragon’s teeth were sown. hydri (ὕδρος), lit. a water-snake.
143 Massicus umor = Massic juice, i.e. of Mt. Massicus in N.W. Campania, famous for its wine, espec. the Falernian.
144 implevere (sc. haec loca) = fill it all.
146 Clitumne. R. of Umbria, famous for its white cattle.*