[562] Inmittit sends into the air, G. 2. 364. ‘Sonuere undae’ is generally taken, resounded with the noise of the spear, an exaggeration which would be sufficiently after Virg.'s manner. But it would be more poetical, though perhaps more modern, to understand the words of the roaring of the swollen flood, which would intensify the danger of the critical moment. At the same time a sort of parallel may be intended between the noise of the water and the hurtling of the spear, ‘iaculo stridente.’ Serv. says “‘sonuere undae:’ hic distinguendum,” from which it appears that some wished to point after ‘amnem.’ ‘Rapidum’ again enforces the notion of danger, and perhaps is intended to parallel the motion of the spear.
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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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