[Transcriber’s Note:
This text is based on the 1823 Lemaire (Paris) edition, in turn based on
the 1792 Ruperti (Göttingen) edition. The “Ed.” of the Notes is Lemaire.
The poem alone, without notes and commentary, is available separately as
e-text 27219.
In the original book, each page of the poem had three sections: the
poem itself; the Variae Lectiones; and the commentary. For this e-text
the last two items have been reversed, with the commentary placed
immediately after each short section of text, followed by the Variae
Lectiones.
In the Notes and Variae, line numbers in brackets were added by the
transcriber for consistency with the HTML version, where explicit
numbers were needed for linking. Duplicate numbers in the original are
unchanged. Known errors in cross-references are noted in brackets
immediately after each entry. _Not all errors were found._
In the Notes, Variae and Index, punctuation errors such as comma for
period have been silently corrected. Other errors are listed at the end
of each Book.]
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