[200] ‘Scyllaeam rabiem,’ like βίη Ἡρακληείη. ‘Rabiem’ probably has reference to the dogs with which Scylla is encircled in Virg. Comp. Lucr. 5.892, “rabidis canibus succinctas semimarinis Corporibus Scyllas”. ‘Penitus sonantis’ (‘resounding through their caverns’) also has reference to the dogs. Comp. 3. 432, “Scyllam et caeruleis canibus resonantia saxa.”
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