[362] The mention of a torrent and rolling stones in this place may have been suggested by Il. 13. 137 foll., where (in the same context as that on which vv. 360, 361 are modelled) Hector in his unresisted course is compared to a stone bounding from a rock (ὀλοοίτροχος ὣς ἀπὸ πέτρης, Ὅντε κατὰ στεφάνης ποταμὸς χειμάρ᾽ῥοος ὤσῃ). ‘Rotantia’ an active part. used passively: comp. “pascentis agnos” E. 4. 45: “volventibus annis” 1. 234. See Madv. § 111 obs.
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