[9] Nothing has been said of dreams, but Virg. doubtless intended, more suo, that his readers should supply the narrative in vv. 3 foll. from Dido's words here. Henry plausibly suggests that the visions may have represented her angry husband, threatening her if she should entertain the thought of another love, as Aeneas is haunted by visions of his father vv. 351 foll. Another reading ‘terret’ is mentioned by Serv., ‘insomnia’ being understood as “vigilia.” Virg. translates Apoll. 3. 636, “δειλὴ ἐγών, οἷόν με βαρεῖς ἐφόβησαν ὄνειροι”, and perhaps also, as Burm. suggests, Eur. Hec. 69, τί ποτ᾽ αἴρομαι ἔννυχος οὕτω Δείμασι, φάσμασι, where αἴρομαι answers to ‘suspensam.’ Virg. thought of Catull. 62 (64). 176, “in nostris requiesset sedibus hospes,” as Ursinus observes.
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