[49] The present ‘refert’ may be used either with reference to the actual existence of Picus as a god, or to his existence in history. For the possible meanings of the verb itself here see on 5. 564. Virg. seems here to treat the Italian divinities as a line of semi-divine earthly kings. For Saturn see 8. 319 foll. ‘Ultimus auctor’ like “ultima ex origine” Catull. 4. 15.
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