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John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 84 (search)
Mephitin was the old reading.
Mephitim was restored by Heins. from
Med. &c. Mephitis was worshipped as a
deity in various parts of Italy, as at
Amsanctus (see v. 564 below), Pliny 2. 93
(95), at Cremona, Tac. H. 3. 33. It had a
temple and grove at Rome on the Esquiline,
Varro L. L. 5. 49, Festus s. v. Septimontis.
Serv. says some made it a male
power, connected with Leucothea like Virbius
with Diana, which may possibly account
for saevum, the reading of Med.
Comp. generally 6. 240. Saevam like
saevior pestis 3. 214. Virg. may have
thought of Apoll. R. 4. 599, li/mnhs ei)s proxoa\s
polubenqe/os: h(\ d' e)/ti nu=n per *trau/matos
ai)qome/noio baru\n a)nakhki/ei a)tmo/n.