[540, 541] He meets him, drives him over the plain, and fells him. ‘Congressus’ 12. 342, 510. “‘Immolat’ quasi victimam ut ille consueverat” says Serv. ‘Ingenti umbra’ of death: not (as Heyne takes it) of the shadow of Aeneas' body or shield. Both explanations (with others) are mentioned by Serv. Cerda well comp. Il. 13. 425, Ἠέ τινα Τρώων ἐρεβεννῇ νυκτὶ καλύψαι. Serestus is in the camp with Mnestheus 9. 171, 779. Serv. thinks there were two; but it is more likely to be a case of oversight.
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