[632] Descendo: note on v. 570. ‘Deus’ is used when a goddess is meant, perhaps on the analogy of ὁ καὶ ἡ θεός, giving a more general, and therefore in a case like this more impressive notion. “Under the guidance of Heaven.” There is an old reading ‘dea,’ which originally existed in Med. and the Verona palimpsest, and appears in Pal. from a correction, as well as in some inferior MSS.: but Macrob. Sat. 3. 8 vindicates ‘deo.’
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