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John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 225 (search)
Tellus extrema refuso Oceano, the farthest land against which Ocean beats, or, from which Ocean is beaten back:—refuso Oceano being taken as an ablative of quality or attributive ablative with tellus. The Ocean, as in Hom., is supposed to encircle the earth, the extremity of which accordingly repels it. For refuso see note on G. 2. 163, Iulia qua ponto longe sonat unda refuso. Virg. had in his mind Britain or Thule, though of course he could not put those names into the mouth of Ilioneus. Submovet and dirimit, separate from the rest of the world: comp. with Cerda, penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos E. 1. 67; Prop. 3. 1. 17, et si qua extremis tellus se subtrahit oris. Wagn. and Forb. think that the Ocean is said to be refusus, quatenus ambiens insulam (Britain or Thule) in semet refundi videtur; and so Heyne, after Turnebus, interprets the expression like a)yo/r'r(oos *)wke/anos in Hom. (Il. 18. 399 &c.), the only difference being that this last view supposes the Ocean to encircle