[506] “‘Plausu:’ alii pinnarum dicunt, sed melius spectantium favore: illud enim est incredibile,” Serv. Heyne, Gossrau, and Forb., however understand ‘plausu’ of the wings, as in the parallel v. 215. But Virg. translated Hom. v. 869, ἀτὰρ κελάδησαν Ἀχαιοί, though he has transferred the applause from the shot which cut the cord to that which struck the mast: in each case however it is the first shot that draws the plaudits forth, naturally enough.
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