[703] Wund. is clearly right in comparing 9. 246, “Di patrii, quorum semper sub numine Troia est,” which shows the sense to be ‘Troy is in your keeping,’ or ‘under your protection,’ Troy standing, as he remarks, for the Trojans, with reference to the new city which it is hoped they may found elsewhere (comp. 3. 86 foll.). Serv.'s two interpretations, ‘wherever your will leads me, there is Troy,’ and ‘thanks to your power, Troy still exists,’ are far less likely, though the former had the good fortune to be approved by Heyne.
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