Effultum foliis et pelle Libystidis ursae[602].
The Arcadian prince is roused in the morning by the song of birds under the eaves, and proceeds to visit his guest accompanied by two watchdogs which lay before his door. On the other hand the description, in the account of the building of Carthage, of the foundation of the great theatre—
hic lata theatris
Fundamenta petunt alii, immanisque columnas
Rupibus excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris[603];
the picture of the great Temple of Juno—
Aerea cui gradibus surgebant limina nexaeque
Aere trabes, foribus cardo stridebat aenis[604];
of the rich frescoes and bas-reliefs adorning it—
Artificumque manus inter se operumque labores