[457] Soceros Priam and Hecuba, both of whom are included under the masculine denomination, as ‘patres’ v. 579 stands for ‘parentes.’ ‘Socrus’ seems originally to have been masculine as well as feminine: see Forcell. ‘Trahebat,’ as in v. 321, as the child would not be able to keep pace with her. As Gossrau remarks, the contrast of the former security of Andromache and her child with the agony of the present struggle is pathetic.
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