[630] Adcelerare intransitive 5. 675. Some MSS. give ‘Hac celeremus.’ ‘Cyclopum educta caminis,’ reared by the forges of the Cyclops, i. e. by Vulcan and his Cyclops. The Cyclops were supposed to be the authors of those unhewn polygon structures still seen in Greece, like the walls of Mycenae and Tiryns, and called Cyclopian architecture; the mass of the commentators too may be right in supposing that Virg. means the palaces of Pluto to be built of iron, which would be the natural material used by Vulcan and his workmen. ‘Ducta’ is found in various MSS., including Rom., fragm. Vat., Pal., and Gud. a m. p.; but though ‘ducere murum’ is a technical expression (1. 423 note), it would not go well with ‘Cyclopum caminis,’ even if ‘moenia’ and ‘murus’ could be used indifferently. ‘Educere’ of rearing a fabric 2. 186, 461., 12. 676.
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