[18] Cf. cx, xli.

[19] Reading suggested by Munro.

[20] 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.

[21] For his influence on the art of the νεώτεροι cf. Schmidt, Prolegomena, p. lxii.

[22] Schmidt believes that Cinna was a native of Brescia; Prol. lxiii; but he does not there give his reason for his belief.