[1134]. Silv. J. 6; iv. 9.
[1135]. Lib. i. 6; ii. 7; iv. 3, 9.
[1136]. Ibid. iv. 5.
[1137]. Ibid. 7.
[1138]. See Epig. vi. 21.
[1139]. I. O. x. 3.
[1140]. See a passage from Nero’s Troica, in Meyer’s Anthol.
[1141]. Nevertheless, Aratus enjoyed a large share of popularity. Cæsar and Cicero translated his works; Virgil and Manilius borrowed from them; Ovid and Maximus Tyrius compared him with Homer; and St. Paul was acquainted with his Phenomena, and quotes from it (Acts xvii. 28.) There is an English translation of his works by Dr. Lamb.
[1142]. Lib. iv. i. 2; x. i. 19.
[1143]. See Meyer’s Anthol.