[737, 738] Another adaptation from Hom., Il. 22. 391 foll., where Achilles speaks to his comrades after killing Hector:—
νῦν δ᾽ ἄγ᾽ ἀείδοντες παιήονα, κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν, νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι νεώμεθα, τόνδε δ᾽ ἄγωμεν: ἠράμεθα μέγα κῦδος: ἐπέφνομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, ᾧ Τρῶες κατὰ ἄστυ, θεῷ ὥς, εὐχετόωντο. Mezentius' speech is meant to express the last two lines, which are the paean or triumph-song. Thus the old punctuation is right in v. 738, connecting ‘laetum paeana’ with ‘secuti:’ the followers clamorously take up the paean which the leader had begun. Comp. 11. 758, “ducis exemplum eventumque secuti Maeonidae incurrunt.” For ‘viri’ many old edd. before Heins. read ‘viris,’ found in two or three of Ribbeck's cursives, and mentioned by Serv. as adopted by Asper. We have had the same variation above, v. 280. ‘Pars belli haud temnenda—Orodes’ like “Lausus, pars ingens belli” v. 427 above. Comp. generally 11. 14 foll. ‘Actus’ Med. for ‘altus.’ “Laetum paeana” 6. 657.This text is part of:
John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of. Virgil. , with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. and Henry Nettleship, M.A. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane;. George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1876.
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