[431] Flamma extrema meorum is parallel to ‘Iliaci cineres,’ as the flames of Troy were the funeral flames of Aeneas' countrymen and friends. Comp. Catull. (66). 68. 90, “Troia virum et virtutum omnium acerba cinis.” He not only addresses the ashes of Troy and of the Trojans about his own conduct towards them, but calls them solemnly to witness, the common method of attestation being by the ashes of parents or relatives, as in Prop. 3. 11. (2. 20). 15 foll, “Ossa tibi iuro per matris et ossa parentis; Si fallor, cinis heu sit mihi uterque gravis,” and in other passages collected by Cerda.
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