Note 2279 — Chapter II
W. (William) Falconer translation
Cicero’s Oratio Frumentaria supports this character of the country. Silius Italicus, lib. xiv. vers. 23, thus celebrates the richness of the soil,
“Multa solo virtus: jam reddere fœnus aratris, Jam montes umbrare olea, dare nomina Baccho; Nectare Cecropias Hyblæo accendere ceras;”
and Florus terms it Terra frugum ferax.