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partem revulsam. Cf. Hom. Od.IX. 481(of the Cyclop throwing at Ulysses), “ἧκε δ᾽ ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος μεγάλοιο”, ib. 537 (of his second throw), “πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρας ἧκ᾽ ἐπιδινήσας”. Virgil with exaggeration repeats the expression of heroic warriors, Aen.X. 128, haud partem exiguam montis, ib. 698 Aen., IX. 569.
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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