[110] Malus error G. 8. 41. The error of Troy consisted in Aeneas' leaving the camp at so critical a time: the ‘monita sinistra’ are the warning conveyed by Iris to Turnus 9. 1 foll. Aeneas acted upon the advice of the god Tiber, but he ran a risk in doing so, which the machinations of Juno had converted into a certainty. Virg. is perhaps not quite consistent with himself in this: but such inconsistency is natural where the gods are introduced as engaged on different sides. ‘Monitisve’ Pal., and originally Gud., partially supported by another of Ribbeck's cursives.
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