[571] Heyne thinks ‘Sidonio’ is used loosely, meaning no more than that the horse was the gift of Dido, it being probably an African one. “Nam Phoenicios equos non memini narrari: nec tanti res erat ut curiosius in eam inquirerem: nec Phoeniciae solum equis alendis idoneum.” Perhaps we may quote Ezekiel 27. 14, speaking of Tyre, “They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.” It may not have been a native of Phoenicia: but Dido may nevertheless have brought it thence. Possibly it may be the same which Ascanius rides 4. 157. “Candida Maia” 8. 138, “Nais” E. 2. 46.
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