[618] ἴσχον γὰρ πυργηδὸν ἀρηρότες, ‘for they stood firm supporting one another [literally ‘fitted’] like a tower,’ i. e. in solid array. The simile beginning “ἠύτε πέτρη” is imitated by Vergil
‘Even as a rock that projects into the measureless sea, facing the raging winds and exposed to the deep, firmly meets all the violent menaces of heaven and sea, staying fast itself.’“... velut rupes, vastum quae prodit in aequor,
obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,
vim cunctam atque minas perfert caelique marisque,
ipsa immota manens.
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