[487] Serv. explains ‘ingenti manu’ “magna multitudine,” and others have thought of taking ‘ingenti’ with ‘nave.’ It clearly however belongs to ‘manu,’ and is to be taken like “manu magna” v. 241, “dextra ingenti” 11. 556 (of Metabus), the Homeric χειρὶ παχείῃ, expressing the gigantic stature of the hero, “ingentem Aenean” 6. 413, and showing how he could set up the mast himself. Serestus is apparently the same who was mentioned 4. 288, his ship not having engaged in the contest. It must be confessed however that this passage affords a strong argument for identifying him with Sergestus, whose shattered vessel might naturally be utilized in this manner. The mast is taken from the ship, ‘de nave,’ and set up on the sand, Hom. v. 853.
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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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