[834] Virg. may have had in his mind the lines about Sarpedon, Il. 5. 692 foll. Οἱ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ἀντίθεον Σαρπηδόνα δῖοι ἑταῖροι Εἷσαν ὑπ᾽ αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς περικαλλέϊ φηγῷ (Heyne). ‘Levabat’ Serv., and so two of Ribbeck's cursives: ‘lavabat’ Med., Pal., Rom., perhaps suggested by ‘volnera siccabat lymphis,’ was staunching the wound with water: ‘siccare volnera’ is Hom.'s τέρσειν ἕλκος (Il. 11. 848). Virg.'s somewhat bold expression is copied twice by Statius, Theb. 1. 527., 10. 716 (Heyne and Forb.).
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