[581] Tyrrhena per oppida: Heyne remarks that Campania, which lay on the other side of the river Amasenus, was formerly inhabited by the Etruscans. Gossrau refers to Müller's Etrusker, Einl. p. 4. ‘Multae illam matres optavere nurum,’ a variety for saying ‘she had many suitors,’ 7. 54. The parents, we may remember, in ancient times generally made the match. For the expression Cerda comp. Catull. 60 (62). 42, “Multi illum pueri, multae optavere puellae.”
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