[315] Heyne remarks that Virg. had before him Od. 7. 19., 13. 221, where Athene meets and guides Ulysses, in the one place as a girl carrying water, in the other place as a shepherd. Macrobius had already observed (Sat. 5. 11) that Venus to some extent performs the part of Nausicar in Od. 6. ‘Gerere’ of an assumed appearance 12. 472. Wagn. rightly understands the meaning to be “virginis os habitumque gerens, et virginis arma vel Spartanae vel Thressae.” Venus assumes the face and appearance of a virgin and the accoutrements of a huntress.
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