[96] Antiquam exquirite matrem sums up what had been said in the previous two lines and a half. The enigmatic character of the Greek oracles would perhaps have been better preserved if it had been allowed to stand alone; but Virg. is going to demand our attention for the thing said, not for the manner of saying it. With the image comp. G. 2. 268, and the oracle given to the Tarquins and Brutus that he should be king who first kissed his mother.
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John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. 1876.
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