. With this, as a shepherd, he drives some she-goats through the
pathless country, taken up as he passed along, and plays upon oaten
straws joined together.

The keeper appointed by Juno, charmed by the sound of this new
contrivance, says, "Whoever thou art, thou mayst be seated with me upon
this stone; for, indeed, in no {other} place is the herbage more
abundant for thy flock; and thou seest, too, that the shade is
convenient for the shepherds." The son of Atlas sat down, and with much
talking he occupied the passing day with his discourse, and by playing
upon his joined reeds he tried to overpower his watchful eyes. Yet {the
other} strives hard to overcome soft sleep; and although sleep was
received by a part of his eyes, yet with a part he still keeps watch. He
inquires also (for the pipe had been {but} lately invented) by what
method it had been found out.

[Footnote 99: _So often detected._--Ver. 606. Clarke translates
'deprensi toties mariti' by the expression, 'who had been so often
catched in his roguery.']

[Footnote 100: _Into a sleek heifer._--Ver. 611. Clarke renders
the words, 'nitentem juvencam,' a neat heifer.]

[Footnote 101: _To keep on duty._--Ver. 627. 'In statione
manebant.' This is a metaphorical expression, taken from military
affairs, as soldiers in turns relieve each other, and take their
station, when they keep watch and ward.]

[Footnote 102: _Phoroneus._--Ver. 668. He was the father of Jasius
and of Inachus, the parent of Io. Some accounts, however, say that
Inachus was the father of Phoroneus, and the son of Oceanus.]

[Footnote 103: _Pleiad Maia._--Ver. 670. Maia was one of the seven
daughters of Atlas, who were styled Pleiaedes after they were
received among the constellations.]

[Footnote 104: _Soporiferous wand._--Ver. 671. This was the
'caduceus,' or staff, with which Mercury summoned the souls of the
departed from the shades, induced slumber, and did other offices
pertaining to his capacity as the herald and messenger of Jupiter.
It was represented as an olive branch, wreathed with two snakes.
In time of war, heralds and ambassadors, among the Greeks, carried
a 'caduceus.' It was not used by the Romans.]

[Footnote 105: _A cap for his hair._--Ver. 672. This was a cap
called 'Petasus.' It had broad brims, and was not unlike the
'causia,' or Macedonian hat, except that the brims o