[559] lviii. 3; lxxix. 2.
[560] Cf. cx, xli.
[561] Reading suggested by Mr. Munro.
[562] E.g. lxiv. 240-41:—
'Ceu pulsae ventorum flamine nubes,
Aerium nivei montis liquere cacumen.'
And this most characteristic feature of Alpine scenery.—lxviiib. 17, etc.:—
'Qualis in aerii perlucens vertice montis
Rivos muscoso, prosilit e lapide,' etc.
[563] The epigram on Cominius (cviii.) was probably written at Rome, as he was not of sufficient importance to have made an impression on the people of Verona. The accusation of C. Cornelius, which excited odium against him, was made in 65 B.C. But it does not follow that the poem was written by Catullus at that time. He may have become acquainted with him later, and avenged some private pique by reference to the unpopularity formerly excited by him. There is no direct reference to the trial of Cornelius in the poem, which appears among others referring to a much later date.