[134] The rowers are partially naked, and wear garlands of poplar. ‘Velatur’ 3. 174. Serv. says the poplar was chosen because these were funeral games, that tree having been brought from the shades by Hercules when he went to fetch Cerberus. See on E. 7. 61.
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