[465] From vv. 468, 469 we should have inferred that Dido remained motionless while Aeneas was speaking: we must suppose however that she was already moving away, as she does v. 472, and so that the speech more or less represents all that he said to her, even the tears with which he pursued her as she fled, v. 476. This is confirmed by ‘incepto’ v. 470. “Teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro” v. 698 below.
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