[6] Here and in the similar passages v. 607 below, 7. 148, ‘lustro’ seems to mean to traverse or survey, as there appears no authority for giving it the sense of “illustro.” So Lucr. 5.693 “Sol . . . . obliquo terras et caelum lumine lustrans;” ib. 1436, “mundi magnum versatile templum Sol et luna suo lustrantes lumine circum;” while ib. 79 the sun and moon are said “cursus lustrare perennis.” ‘Aurora’ is virtually equivalent to the rising sun, so that we need not ask why the goddess of the dawn has the torch of the god of day in her hand.
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