[659] Dulci carries us back to his father's feelings v. 646, and forward to his probable attractions for the queen. ‘Donisque furentem incendat reginam,’ inflame the queen to madness by his gifts. Comp. v. 714, “pariter puero donisque movetur.” There is possibly an allusion to the scene in the Medea of Euripides, where Medea's children carry to Creusa a crown and a robe which actually consume her. The parallel may serve as an answer to Schrader's wonder, mentioned by Heyne, that a wealthy queen like Dido should be captivated with presents.
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