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captam . . . Troiam, ‘to forego Troy when it is yours,’ i.e. as good as yours, a touch of exaggeration intended to compel attention. Nine years had passed, and the fall of Troy in the tenth had been foretold by Calchas (xii. 20). For the infinitive cf. XIV. 250, n., and the similar use of compello and impello.
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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