[55] Here we are reminded of an earlier part of the passage just cited from Lucr., where the storm-clouds in which the winds are confined are compared to mountains (vv. 189, 190) and caverns (v. 195), “moles . . quas venti cum tempestate coorta Complerunt, magno indignantur murmure clausi Nubibus.” It is possible that the Lucretian image may have suggested to Virg. his deviation from the account in Hom. ‘Magno cum murmure:’ comp. such phrases as “cum magna calamitate et prope pernicie civitatis,” Cic. 2 Verr. 1. 24. See also Hand, Tursell. 2. p. 152, foll. ‘Montis’ with ‘murmure,’ as v. 245 shows, in spite of the passage in Lucr. ‘While the huge rock roars responsive.’
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