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tamen, ‘after all,’ in spite of all that made Hecuba a prize of little value. partu edideras, ‘hadst given birth to.’ The tense has reference to nollet. 487. For the form of expression cf. Fast.V. 199, “quae fuerit mihi forma, grave est narrare modestae, sed generum matri repperit illa deum”.
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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