Ionian  Delos.  Virgil  was  not  the  first  who  introduced  the

7.  Hippodame,  She  was  the  daughter  of  Greek  poetry  into  Italy ;  and,  therefore,  to
CEnomaus,  king  of  £/ij,  and  Pistt.  who  do  away,  or  prevent  any  objection,  he  men-
having  learned  from  an  oracle  that  he  was  tions  Mantua,  the  place  of  his  birth.  He
to  be  slain  by  his  son-in-law ;  in  order  to  was,  however,  the  first  who  brought  it  to
tvoid  it,  he  proposed  to  the  suitors  of  his  any  degree  of  perfection.
il&ujriiter,  a  chariot  race,  upon  this  condi.  13.  Ponam  Ttmplum,    The  poet  appear*

iiou,  that  the  one  who  got  the  victory  should  to  mean,  that  he  will  not  only  imitate  the

Have  his  daughter ;  but  if  vanquished  should  Greeks,  but  he  will  surpass  them  ;  and  in

^ft  slain.     Ailer  thirteen  had  lost  their  lives,  honor  of  his  victory,  he  will  build  a  temple,

TfJops  won  the  beauteous  prize,  by  bribing  and  institute  games.     Through  the  whole,

^lyriillos,  tho  cltarioteer  of  CEnomaus,  to  under  color  of  honoring  himself,  he  very

place  the  chariot  upon  a  frail  or  brittle  axle,  artfully  compliments  Augustus,  his  prinoe

It  broke   during   the  race,  and  (Enomaus  and  patron.    Ponam:  in  the  sense  of  rx-

^u  so  much  bruised  by  the  fall,  that  he  truam.
dit^d  of  his  wounds.     Thus  the  oracle  was  14.  Errat:  meanders — winds.
