[59] This simile, as Heyne says, is modelled on Apoll. R. 1. 1243 foll. Virg. may also have thought of Il. 11. 547 foll. (repeated 17. 657 foll.) where a lion attacking a fold is kept at bay all night by men and dogs, as he doubtless did of a similar comParison Od. 6. 130 foll. ‘Pleno’ gives the contrast with the single wolf, and shows what a prize he is anxious to secure. ‘Insidiatus:’ comp. G. 3. 537, “Nec lupus insidias explorat ovilia circum, Nec gregibus nocturnus obambulat.”
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