[145-198] ‘We pity him, and Priam bids him explain the design of the Greeks in building the horse. He vows fidelity to us, and declares that the horse is an offering to Pallas in exchange for the Palladium, and that by accepting it we may strike a fatal blow at our enemies. We, alas! believe him.’
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John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. 1876.
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