[411] Aer is here used in the sense of the Homeric ἀὴρ, ‘mist,’ which sense however Virg. could only determine by the addition of the epithet ‘obscuro.’ See on 5. 20, “in nubem cogitur aer.” This and the three following lines are an imitation of Od. 7. 14—17. See also Apoll. R. 3. 210 foll.
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