024 ([return])
[ Of the bird.—Ver. 22. He alludes to Leda and Europa.]
026 ([return])
[ The same banquet.—Ver. 1. He says that they are about to meet at 'coena,' at the house of a common friend.]
027 ([return])
[ The last meal.—Ver. 2. The 'coena' of the Romans is usually translated by the word 'supper'; but as being the chief meal of the day, and being in general, (at least during the Augustan age) taken at about three o'clock, it really corresponds to our 'dinner.']