[697] “Altior insurgens” 12. 902. ‘Insurgens’ was read here before Heins., but is found in none of Ribbeck's MSS. “Tum caput orantis nequiquam, et multa parantis Dicere, deturbat terrae,” 10. 554. Heyne asks how Orsilochus comes to pray for mercy, when he supposes himself the pursuer. Wagn. replies, that he may very well have prayed when he found out his mistake. The apparent inconsistency is in fact due to Virg.'s characteristic rapidity of narrative.
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