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[431] στήσαντο, ‘set’ before themselves. Virgil interprets this rightly in his ‘crateras magnos statuunt,’ but it is doubtful whether the latter half of the line, ‘et vina coronant’ ( Aen.1. 724) truly represents “ἐπιστεφέας οἴνοιο”. He writes elsewhere ( Aen.3. 525) ‘magnum cratera corona

induit implevitque mero divosque vocavit
stans celsa in puppi.’ See note on Od. 1.148.

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