[242, 243] Primus iube = be early in bidding. ‘Igni’ for ‘ipse’ Verona fragm., while two of Ribbeck's cursives give ‘ingens.’ The words ‘atque oras ambiit auro’ (= “oras ambiens auro”) are not, as Heyne thought, otiose. The rim of the shield was an important thing, not only for beauty's sake, but for purposes of defence: blows being frequently aimed at it, as the metal there was generally thinner than in other parts: see Il. 20. 275, Ἄντυγ᾽ ὕπο πρώτην, ᾗ λεπτότατος θέε χαλκός, and Heyne's own remarks on Il. 18. 480. Comp. too Aesch. Theb. 43, μελάνδετον σάκος (where Paley seems similarly mistaken in supposing the latter part of the compound to be unimportant), and ib. 160 χαλκοδέτων σακέων. It is just possible that ‘invictum dedit’ may = “invictum fecit,” on the analogy of “vasta dabo” 9. 323, “depexum dabo” Ter. Heaut. 5. 1. 77.
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