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[69] Macrob. Sat. 5. 6 supposes Virg. to have imitated Il. 11. 475 foll.: there however the circumstances differ, the simile being taken from a wounded stag which, escaping from the archer, sinks under the arrow, and falls a prey to savage beasts. ‘Coniicere’ of a weapon reaching its mark, 9. 698., 12. 362.

John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. 1876.

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