Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Band 2) (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

Ch. XI. THROUGH ITALY. 371
The argument drawn from the neighborhood
of Vesuvius has less foundation than even the ex-
planation given to the word littus ; the conjunction
ubi is very different from the preposition sub,
which the geographer substitutes as synonimous;
as the latter marks an immediate vicinity and al-
most contiguity, while the former, unless re-
stricted by an additional word or circumstance,
merely implies a general neighborhood, as in
the same country or district. Thus Sub tegmine
fagi—Forte sub arguta—Hine altd sub rupe,
—are instances of the one, while the following
verse sufficiently points out the sense given to the
other.
Ad terrain Hesperiam venies, ubi Lydius arva
Inter opima virum leni Suit agmine Tybris.
dEnitd, ii. 781.
The poet therefore here alludes to the general
and most striking features of the country, and
not to the particular site of Virgil’s tomb, as
must appear evident to any reader, who peruses
the passage above cited with a mind unbiassed
by previous opinions; especially as Statius posi-
tively says, that he was on the hills when at
Virgil’s tomb, magni tumults adcanto magistri.
As for the two epigrams of Martial, quoted by
B B 2