[186] Ereptaque rostra carinis. It is remarked that these naval spoils are an anachronism: though Hector (Il. 9. 241) threatens to cut off the ἄκρα κόρυμβα of the Greek ships. Heyne thinks they are taken from pirate ships destroyed on the coast. The house of Pompey was decorated with the beaks of ships captured in his war against the pirates, Cic. Phil. 2. 28. “Tribulaque traheaeque” G. 1. 164, where, as here, the double letter helps the ictus in lengthening the syllable. See Excursus on Book 12.
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