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Thee, bold Longinus, all the nine inspire.

Pope.

Thence call'd Lotophagi, which whoso tastes.

Odyf. ix.

When Ludovicus * saw his troops retire.
Altho' the grim Lycaon was her fire.

Ov. ii.

Confiliis visi sunt, Ludovice, tuis.

Nicols de Literis inventis, p. 236. William Nicols, A. M. the author of this work, which was published in 1711, was rector of Stockport in Cheshire. His book is full of classical learning, and curious information.

And

Swift at the word bold Merion snatch'd a spear.

Il, xiii.

Thy gift Meriones † his temples crown'd.

Il. x.

• Mausolus, Gr. Μαυσωλος; Mausoleum, Μαυσωλειον. Mausoli saxis, &c. Mart. x. 63.

Nec Mausolei dives fortuna sepulchri.

Propert. iii. 2.

+ The second fyllable in Meriones is properly short. Meriones poteret, &c.

Ον. xv. 359.

A flave

A flave to Metophis, he mourn'd his fate.

With hasty steps to Modena * he went.

Ozell's Sechia Rapita.

To him his freedom Mutina shall owe.

Ov. xv.

There fam'd Mycena's lofty tow'rs afcend.

Stat. x,

Low Mycone, Cymolus' chalky soil.

Ov. vii,

Ν.

The nimble Naiades, who bound.

And first Nauficrates the filence broke.

Thence call'd Neapolis, but Naples now,

Where mount Nebrodes †, lifts its tow'ring head.

Nor stay'd, till on Niphates' top he lights

Here fam'd Oenone play'd; here stood the cave.

Luc. ix.

Furious o'er Oete's lofty hills he sprung.

Ov. ix.

The flood of Ogyges *, renown'd in Greece.

Meges for strength, Oïleus fam'd for speed.

Il. x.

* Neritos, with i short, is the true pronunciation. Il. ii. 632. Virg. iii. 271.

+ Ædonis Ogygio, &c. Luc. i. 670.

Soph. Trah.

Sold to barbarian Omphale * he serv'd.
That fires the length of Ophiucus huge.

In Scotland at the Orcades, and there.
Great in Orchomenos, in Pylos great,
And great Orion's more refulgent beam.

P. L. ii.
Pope.

Odyf. xi.

Il. xviii.

Or great Ofiris, who first taught the swain.

P.

Pope, Stat. i.

Ov. xiíi.

Pope.

Pachynos to the stormy fouth is plac'd.
O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow.
There rude Palemon, o'er the watry plain.
Pitt, Virg. v.
Of Palamedes, not unknown to fame.

Dryd. Virg. ii.

* Omphale in tantum formæ processit honorem.

Prop. iii. 11.

In this verse, the e in Omphale is made short before a vowel, according to a common rule in Greek poetry. This line has been very improperly cited, as a proof, that the penultima of Omphale is a long fyllable.