[377] With ‘maris claudit obiice pontus’ comp. 1. 246, “It mare proruptum, et pelago premit arva sonanti.” To join ‘maris pontus’ would be unexampled in Lation, though πόντος ἁλός, θαλάσσης are found in Greek. Nor is Virg. likely to have intended any distinction between the synonyms here, whatever their strict meanings may be elsewhere. ‘Obex’ fem. is noted as archaic by Serv., who says that some here read ‘magno.’ For the spirit and the language of this passage comp. (with Heyne). Il. 15. 735 foll., Ἠέ τινάς φαμεν εἶναι ἀοσσητῆρας ὀπίσσω, Ἠέ τι τεῖχος ἄρειον, ὅ κ᾽ ἀνδράσι λοιγὸν ἀμύναι; Οὐ μέν τι σχεδόν ἐστι πόλις πύργοις ἀραρυῖα . . . . Ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἐν Τρώων πεδίῳ πύκα θωρηκτάων. ΙΙόντω κεκλιμένοι, ἑκὰς ἥμεθα πατρίδος αἴης, already imitated 9. 781 foll. ‘Troiam’ the camp or new Troy, which they have been trying to reach (Serv.): see v. 238—240. ‘Petemus’ Med. first reading, and so the edd.: ‘petamus’ (perhaps better) Med. second reading, Rom., Gud. originally.
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