John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 1, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 854

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[854] A branch is used by the god as the best instrument for sprinkling, as by Medea Apoll. R. 4. 156 foll. in putting the dragon to sleep. Heyne reminds us of the lustral bough, 6. 230. For the image of dew used in connexion with sleep see on 1. 692.

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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