[130] Evexit ad aethera virtus seems to denote actual or potential beatification, not mere renown, in spite of the distinction between ‘ad’ and ‘in’ laid down by Wagn. Q. V. 10. So “sublimemque feres ad sidera caeli Magnanimum Aenean” 1. 259, which Wagn. admits to refer to deification. With the general thought comp. Hor. 3 Od. 3. 9 foll., ib. 2. 21 foll., though perhaps the last, to which Forb. refers, belongs rather to Wagn.'s view of the passage. A Roman poet however, it should be recollected, would not discriminate the literal and metaphorical senses as sharply as we do.
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