[606] Repeated 9. 2. The old grammarians (see Serv.) attempted to distinguish between the offices of Mercury and Iris; but no difference can be found in Virg. Iris indeed seems to be peculiarly under the command of Juno, which sufficiently accounts for the character of her intervention here and elsewhere in the Aeneid: but she is Jupiter's messenger too, and on one occasion (9. 803) takes a minatory message to Juno.
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