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[47] The prophecy of the thirty years had already occurred, though without a symbol, 1. 269, where however a period of three years is interposed before the foundation of Lavinium. ‘Redeuntibus annis’ is from Lucr. 1.311, “multis solis redeuntibus annis,” and both perhaps from the Homeric περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν (Od. 1. 16). In Lucr. the present participle is used strictly, the action going on during the whole time designated: in Hom. the action happens at some one point in the time, which is also the case in such expressions as “volventibus annis” 1. 234, “lustris labentibus” ib. 283: in the present passage the action does not take place till the completion of the time, so that the present part. is used improperly.

John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of. Virgil. , with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. and Henry Nettleship, M.A. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane;. George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1876.

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