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E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill), Poem 45 (search)
lions cf. Hor. Carm. 1.22.15 Iubae tellus, leonum arida nutrix ; Plin. NH 6.195. India tosta: cf. Verg. G. 4.425 rapidus [rabidus?] torrens sitientis Sirius Indos ardebat caelo ; Tib. 2.3.55 comites fusci, quos India torret. caesio leoni: cf. Hom. Il. 20.172 [le/wn] glaudio/wn d' i)qu\s fe/retai me/nei ; Ellis quotes Plin. NH 8.54 leonum omnis vis constat in oculis. (= 17-18). The reading seems correct as it stands here, so far as the contrast of sinistra and dextra is concerned, but a satisfactory interpretation of sinistra ut ante is impossible. Sneezing was apparently a good omen, however occurring, and there is no indication that Amor had sneezed before at all, or that he