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John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 9 (search)
Et: besides all the Latin forces, they send for foreign aid. Venulus is a Tiburtine (11. 742, 757), and as Tibur, according to the legends, was an Argive colony, he is a proper ambassador to Diomede. The city of Diomede was Argyripa (afterwards Arpi) in Apulia; and the legend that Diomede had founded it after the Trojan war very likely arose from the similarity of the name Argyripa to Argos. Magna Diomedis ab urbe 11. 226, where there is another reading magni.
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 28 (search)
For the embassy to Diomede see 8. 9. Aetoli of Arpi, as founded by the Aetolian Diomede: comp. 11. 428. Med., Gud., and another of Ribbeck's cursives have surget: conversely in 6. 762 Med. has surgit wrongly for surget. Surgit, like imminet, restant, demoror, itself expresses the requisite notion of futurity. Comp. bella Tyro surgentia 4. 43.