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19 Idreus was the arm-bearer and charioteer of king Priam, slain during
this war. Cf. Æn, vi. 487.
120 --Scaea's gates, rather Scaean gates, i.e. the left-hand gates.
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21 This was customary in all sacrifices. Hence we find Iras descending
to cut off the hair of Dido, before which she could not expire.
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22 --Nor pierced.
"This said, his feeble hand a jav'lin threw,
Which, flutt'ring, seemed to loiter as it flew,
Just, and but barely, to the mark it held,
And faintly tinkled on the brazen shield."
Dryden's Virgil, ii. 742.
123 Reveal'd the queen.
"Thus having said, she turn'd and made appear
Her neck refulgent and dishevell'd hair,
Which, flowing from her shoulders, reach'd the ground,
And widely spread ambrosial scents around.
In length of train descends her sweeping gown;
And, by her graceful walk, the queen of love is known."
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