[99] Remissos, the shade being assumed to be present in order to partake of the funeral offerings. Comp. the words of the shade of Darius, Aesch. Pers. 689, χοἰ κατὰ χθονὸς θεοὶ Λαβεῖν ἀμείνους εἰσὶν ἢ μεθιέναι. Perhaps the appearance of the serpent encouraged the feeling in Aeneas.