[512] Night is said to be driven along by the hours, as the parts of time make up the whole. It matters little whether we take the metaphor as it stands or turn it into a regular personification, supposing the Homeric Ὧραι to act as propelling agents (charioteers or horses) of Night's car.
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John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. 1876.
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