[464, 465] The language is like that in 4. 448, “magno persentit pectore curas: Mens inmota manet: lacrimae volvuntur inanes:” though the situation is different. ‘Premit,’ crushes or stifles: comp. “obnixus curam sub corde premebat” 4. 332. The scene is of course suggested by the celebrated passage Il. 16. 459 foll., where Zeus weeps tears of blood for his son Sarpedon. Valerius Flaccus (4. 114 foll.) developes Homer and Virg. by putting a long lament into the mouth of Neptune over the fate of his son Amycus. ‘Effudit’ Gud. and another of Ribbeck's cursives.
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