[35] Esto refers to what follows, so that it had best be distinguished only by a comma. ‘Aegram’ expresses the state which prevented Dido fron. entertaining former proposals of marriage, not the effect of ‘flexere.’ Its position in the verse gives it a rhetorical emphasis, Anna being anxious to show that she understands the past history of her sister's feelings. The sense of desolation had been too strong for such weak inducements as former suitors had to offer. ‘Flexere:’ see on v. 22, to which this is an answer. ‘Mariti’ might be explained on the principle mentioned on 2. 344, E. 8. 1, 18; but the separation which this would involve between ‘nulli’ and ‘mariti’ would be harsh, so that we had better say that ‘mariti’ rhctorically = “proci.”
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