[482, 483] Virg. ventures to use ‘terga’ with ‘ferri,’ to which it is not strictly appropriate, because of the mention of bull's hide immediately afterwards: comp. v. 784, below, “per linea terga tribusque Transiit intextum tauris opus:” a similar liberty similarly justified. ‘Cum’ Rom. and two of Ribbeck's cursives: ‘quom’ some of Pierius' copies: ‘quem’ Med. and Gud. ‘Quem’ is approved by Markland on Stat. 1 Silv. 1. 41, and adopted by Ribbeck, probably rightly: in point of meaning there is little to choose between the two readings, and we may therefore be decided by the agreement of Med. and Gud. ‘Quem obeat,’ in spite of the hide surrounding it: see note on 2. 248 and Madv. § 366. 3. ‘Obeat’ covers the framework, which was probably wicker-work or wood (Dict. A. ‘clipeus’). “Quem fulva leonis Pellis obit totum” 8. 552.
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