[349] ὤρνυτο χαλκῷ: arose with his lance, “raised himself to hurl his lance”; cf. “ἀνασχόμενος” v. 362, altior exurgens Verg. Aen. xi. 697, corpore toto | alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem. ... at perfidus ensis | frangitur ib. xii. 728 ff.
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