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[62] Wagn. and Forb. contend that the construction is not ‘ego sum Thybris,’ which they think would be weak, but ‘ego sum,’ ‘it is I that speak,’ the rest being added in apposition. But it is difficult to see where the weakness would be shown, and the ordinary interpretation seems the natural way in which a stranger would announce himself, though in 10. 230 a comma is rightly placed after “nos sumus,” the meaning being ‘It is we, your old friends.’ ‘Pleno flumine’ is of course an honourable attribute of a river, like “pinguia culta secantem,” with which last comp. the description of Eridanus G. 4. 272, and that of Tiber himself A. 2. 781.

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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