[24] We need not inquire how many of the subjects hinted at by Virg. were separately represented. It is sufficient to say that there was a plurality of sculptures in the Cretan part, as there had been in the Athenian. “Crudelis amor” E. 10. 29. Here the epithet is meant to excite our pity for Pasiphae as a victim, as she actually was, the passion having been Venus' revenge on her for revealing the goddess' adultery with Mars. ‘Furto’ = ‘furtim’ 4. 337. Comp. 7. 283, “Supposita de matre nothos furata creavit.”
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