[34] Terentius Scaurus in his treatise De Orthographia contends that Virg. wrote ‘pellegerent,’ a form printed by Ritschl in some passages in Plautus on MS. authority. For the rhetorical use of the imperf. for the pluperf. see Madv. § 347 b. obs. 2. The plural is used because Aeneas had several companions with him: comp. vv. 13, 41, 54. ‘Praemissus,’ sent on by Aeneas, that the Sibyl might be ready for him on his arrival at the temple. “Praemittit Achaten” 1. 644. ‘Iam’ probably with ‘adforet’ rather than with ‘praemissus.’
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