[2122] See the Eighth Eclogue of Virgil.
[2123] “That is to say, Arse verse, out of Afranius, as Festus noteth, which in the old Tuscane language signifieth, Averte ignem, Put backe the fire.”—Holland.
[2124] Odyss. xix. 457. It is not Ulysses, but the sons of Autolycus that do this. Their bandages, however, were more likely to be effectual.
[2125] De Enthusiasmo.
[2126] See B. xvii. c. 47.
[2127] In passing along the Velabrum, on the occasion of his Gallic triumph, the axle of the carriage having broke.
[2128] See Ovid’s Fasti, B. i. l. 175, et seq., and Epist. de Ponto. B. iv. El. 4. l. 23, et seq.
[2129] See B. xi. c. 103.
[2130] Hence the saying, “De mortuis nil nisi bonum.”
[2131] “Defunctorum memoriam a nobis non sollicitari.”