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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 655 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)

Lewis Evans translation

Canino. See the close of Eurip., Hecuba. The Greeks fabled that Hecuba was metamorphosed into a bitch, from her constant railing at them. Hence κυνὸς σῆμα. Cf. Plaut., Menœchm., v. i.

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