[151] Iacentis in somnis perhaps from Lucr. 4.987, “cum membra iacebunt In somnis.” Heyne read ‘insomnis.’ Arguing from the mention of the moonlight and from the words “nec sopor illud erat” v. 173, that this could not be a dream. Wagn. and Jahn make the moonlight part of the dream, and understand v. 173 to mean that it was not a mere dream. The truth seems to be that we have here a mixture of dream and vision, as in 1. 355, 2. 296, the moonlight belonging to the latter, the other circumstances to the former. The word ‘visi’ here, as Wagn. admits, proves nothing, being equally applied to real and to fanciful appearances.
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