Aquariuscrouches down, now lightened [of his burden], his water-jar tilted [emptied]. Now unburdened, his water-jar emptied, Aquariussets. (A skillful poet's word-play: Ovid's use ofsubsēdit can be understood as the mythological figure’s crouching stance as he pours out his water-jar, or the setting of the constellation beneath the horizon. SeeAquarius (constellation).)
