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furta, frequently thus used of stratagems, just as we talk of ‘stealing a march’ upon any one. Cf. Virg. Aen.X. 735, “haud furto melior sed fortibus armis”. So of concealment in general, ib. VI. 568, “furto laetatus inani”. For similar usages of “κλέπτειν” see Soph. Aj. 189, 1137, El. 37. Cf. Ellis on Cat.xii. 1.

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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