[448] There are several comparisons of falling men to falling trees in Hom., e.g. Il. 13. 178, comp. by Heyne; but Virg. has chiefly followed Catull. 62 (64). 105 foll. ‘Quondam’ 2. 366 note. “‘Cava,’ id est, exesa vetustate: et dicendo ‘cava pinus’ vere respexit ad aetatem,” Serv. Perhaps also there may be a reference to the hollow sound of the fall. ‘Erymantho aut Ida:’ “in summo quatientem bracchia Tauro” Catull.l.c.
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