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PHOSEON. Lib. VI
cording to the Tradition which Ovid followed, where
the Sons of Niobe appear, in effect, to have killed
themfelves in a Horfe Race. I add to this Expli-
cation Two Epigrams out of the Anthologia which
regard that Princefs.
Upon the Statue of Niobe,
Ant hoi. Book IV.
'Ex. Cm\s fii Sio) tvj£o.v XiQov. ex, ^ AfOoi»
Fab. VI. The Lyti
PHOSES. Book VI. tot
Upon Niobe turned into Stone *
Ant hoi. Book III.
"o Tu[*&(§?> out©- 3 ev<JV Qoc e-^it vixcpl
'Am' *uto5 clvtqu nx-gos l^t, ^ rdtyoi.
From a living Perfon, as I was, the Gods changed
me into Stone: From a Stone Praxiteles has reftored
rue to Life again.
The Second Epigram is but a Quibble of Words
of which the Senfe is , that the Sepulchre con-
tains nothing, and is itfelf both the Carcafe and the
Tomb.
Pea/ants changed into Frogs.
THE ARGUMENT.
Latona, fatigued with the load of her two Children during a long Journey
and almoft choked withThirft,goes to drink at a Pond where fome Country-
men were at Work. The Clowns, in a brutish Manner, not only hinder het
from drinking ? but alfo trouble the Water to make it muddy: Upon which
the Goddefs, to punish their Brutality 3 transforms them into Frogs.
TUm <vero tanti manifest am numinis irato T^Hen all, reclaim'd by this Example, lhow'd
Vemina virque timent: cultuque im- A due Regard for each peculiar God:
penfms omnes Both Men, and Women their Devoirs exprefs'd^
Magna ^mdU{arae^nerantur nummaDi- ^ ^
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cording to the Tradition which Ovid followed, where
the Sons of Niobe appear, in effect, to have killed
themfelves in a Horfe Race. I add to this Expli-
cation Two Epigrams out of the Anthologia which
regard that Princefs.
Upon the Statue of Niobe,
Ant hoi. Book IV.
'Ex. Cm\s fii Sio) tvj£o.v XiQov. ex, ^ AfOoi»
Fab. VI. The Lyti
PHOSES. Book VI. tot
Upon Niobe turned into Stone *
Ant hoi. Book III.
"o Tu[*&(§?> out©- 3 ev<JV Qoc e-^it vixcpl
'Am' *uto5 clvtqu nx-gos l^t, ^ rdtyoi.
From a living Perfon, as I was, the Gods changed
me into Stone: From a Stone Praxiteles has reftored
rue to Life again.
The Second Epigram is but a Quibble of Words
of which the Senfe is , that the Sepulchre con-
tains nothing, and is itfelf both the Carcafe and the
Tomb.
Pea/ants changed into Frogs.
THE ARGUMENT.
Latona, fatigued with the load of her two Children during a long Journey
and almoft choked withThirft,goes to drink at a Pond where fome Country-
men were at Work. The Clowns, in a brutish Manner, not only hinder het
from drinking ? but alfo trouble the Water to make it muddy: Upon which
the Goddefs, to punish their Brutality 3 transforms them into Frogs.
TUm <vero tanti manifest am numinis irato T^Hen all, reclaim'd by this Example, lhow'd
Vemina virque timent: cultuque im- A due Regard for each peculiar God:
penfms omnes Both Men, and Women their Devoirs exprefs'd^
Magna ^mdU{arae^nerantur nummaDi- ^ ^
<vae< 315 b
Utqus Theft
1