[65] Aeneas, as Forb. and Henry observe, pointedly prepares to satisfy Dido's request 1. 753, “dic—insidias Danaum.” ‘Accipe,’ 1. 676. ‘Crimine:’ Serv. mentions a reading ‘crimen,’ supported also by Donatus, which was connected with ‘insidias,’ so as to improve the balance between ‘ab uno’ (sc. “e Danais”) and ‘omnis.’ Silius however evidently found ‘crimine,’ as appears from his imitation 6. 39, “nosces Fabios certamine ab uno.” ‘Omnis’ of course refers to ‘Danaos;’ ‘learn from a single act of guilt what all of them are.’
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