8. FEtbrlduB will take gold from Nerva because he can
do so without compromising his integrity; allusion to the
welUknown story of his rejection of the Samnite money.
11. prlvato. Retiring into private life, satisfied with your
government of the state.
KagnuB. Pompey; all three triumvirs would sink their
differences in common acknowledgment of the greatness of
Nerva.
14. Gate. Even Gato would turn Caesarian, if he could
return to see you on the throne.
XTTT. Epitaph on the pantomime actor Paris, who was put
to death by Domitian for a supposed intrigue with his wife
Domitia. Paris was so popular that many people brought
flowers to his grave, but Martial probably wrote this epitaph
after the death of Domitian. He is the same as the Paris
mentioned Juv. vn. 87, to whom Statins sold an * Agave,' the
second actor of the name. The first lived in Nero's palace,
and was executed in a. j>. 67. Friedlander reckons three others
of the same name. It appears to have been a common praotioe
with artists to assume the name of celebrated predeoesaora.
Friedlander ii. 609.
1. Flandxiiam. iv. 64. 18, and Juv. 1. 171.
8. dellotae, * the idol.*

mil. This Paris would appear to have been an Egyptian.
6. Veneres, &c., imitation of Catullus DI.
XXIY. Martial complains that his attendance on Labullos
08 client prevents his writing verses.
NOTES. XL xxiv. 6— xxxi 11. 403

6. requlTlt, 'asks for.* Of. x. 71. 7.
