[64] “Dique deaeque omnes” G. 1. 21. ‘Obstare’ is here used of that which creates dislike, without any reference to active opposition. So Sil. 17. 551 (quoted by Forb.), “tantumne obstat mea gloria divis?” an obvious imitation of Virg., Pers. 5. 163, “an siccis dedecus obstem Cognatis?” “Ilium et ingens Gloria Teucrorum” 2. 325.