[681] So in 5. 525 the description of the prodigy is introduced by ‘namque.’ ‘Manus inter’ 9. 502. Creusa had Ascanius in her arms and was pressing him upon Aeneas. ‘Inter ora’ seems a kind of zeugma, as we should rather have expected “ante;” but the meaning may be ‘while we were holding Ascanius in our arms and pressing his lips to ours.’
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