[110] Primum, then and not till then, denoting as it were the expectation with which nature awaited the event. Comp. E. 1. 45, “Hoc mihi responsum primus dedit illa petenti” and see on A. 7. 118. ‘Effulsit,’ the reading before Heins., is found in two or three of Ribbeck's cursives: see v. 731 below. The phaenomenon intended seems to be an unexpected flash of lightning and peal of thunder, the latter being represented by the ‘Idaei chori,’ the Corybantes, who are supposed to clash their cymbals, and by the voice. Comp. 8. 524 foll., where the appearance seems to be substantially the same.
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