[354] Tantis surgentibus undis is doubtless the abl.: it might however be the dat., as in v. 196, as a person or thing may be said to fail the antagonist he opposes unsuccessfully as well as the friend he does not help, just as “sufficit umbo ictibus” 9. 810 is said of the shield resisting the blows. We hear nothing of a storm in the narrative at the end of Book 5: see Introduction to that Book. Those who would defend Virg. from the charge of inconsistency say that Palinurus would naturally overrate the danger arising from his loss, and point out that 5. 866 gives some colour to what he says.
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