[138] Proserpina is ‘Iuno inferna,’ as Pluto is Ζεὺς χθόνιος, “Iuppiter Stygius,” 4. 638. The same, or a similar title is given to her by Ovid, Statius, and Silius. ‘Dictus’ is here used almost in the sense of “dicatus” or “addictus,” naming or pronouncing being a way of setting a thing apart and appropriating it. So Serv. here and on 1. 73 (which see), and Bentley on Hor. 2 S. 2. 134. ‘Omnis,’ as if the whole forest conspired to hide it. Comp. Aeneas' prayer below v. 186 foll.
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