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quodque potest, pugnet, ‘and fight, 'tis all he can.’ Cf. I. 657, “quodque unum potes, ad mea verba resurgis”. There is a play on the literal and metaphorical senses of pugnare, as Ajax was great only on the battlefield, and the reference here is to a battle of words. Cf. 285 n. remoratur, ‘strives to stay,’ R. § 591 (3), and cf. 223 n.
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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