[603] Prima is adverbial, though agreeing with ‘proelia.’ ‘Movent in proelia Martem:’ the image seems to be that of crying on a god with the intent of rousing him, if not of laying hands on his statue. See on 8. 3. We may compare the Homeric ἐγείρειν Ἄρηα Il. 4. 352., 8. 531.
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