Note 1 — PASTORAL III. MENALCAS, DAMŒTAS, PALÆMON.[1]
Reading edition
The contending shepherds, Menalcas and Damœtas, together with their umpire Palæmon, are seated on the grass, not far from a row of beech-trees. Flocks are seen feeding hard by. The time of the day seems to be noon, the season between Spring and Summer.