[429] Modo victis. Browne explains this by tantummodo victis, i. e., only subdued, not plundered; and so Ruperti.
[430] Vivebat. "And ivory taught by Phidias' skill to live." Gifford.
[431] Dolabella. There were three "pirates" of this name, all accused of extortion; of whom Cicero's son-in-law, the governor of Syria, seems to have been the worst.
[432] Verres retired from Rome and lived in luxurious and happy retirement twenty-six years.
[433] Altis, or "deep-laden."
[434] Plures.
"More treasures from our friends in peace obtain'd,
Than from our foes in war were ever gain'd." Gifford.
[435] Pater.
"They drive the father of the herd away,
Making both stallion and his pasture prey." Dryden.
[436] Resinata. Resin dissolved in oil was used to clear the skin of superfluous hairs. Cf. Plin., xiv., 20, "pudet confiteri maximum jam honorem (resinæ) esse in evellendis ab virorum corporibus pilis."