[647] The story was that Anchises was struck (some said killed) by lightning for divulging his intercourse with Venus. See Hom. Hymn to Aphrodite, vv. 287 foll. ‘Inutilis,’ as Achilles Il. 18. 104 calls himself in his inaction ἐτώσιον ἄχθος ἀρούρης. ‘Annos demoror’ seems rightly explained by Serv. “quasi festinantis diu vivendo detineo,” though there is still room for question whether the notion is that of deferring the day of doom or of acting as it were as a clog upon time by passing a feeble spiritless dead-alive existence. Comp. 3. 481 “fando surgentis demoror austros,” and Horace's “Impudens Orcum moror” 3 Od. 27. 50.
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