[497, 498] Inpressum nefas, the scene of horror stamped upon it: the story of the Danaides. The construction ‘caesa manus’ after the acc. ‘inpressumque nefas’ is irregular. Comp. 7. 741, “Et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae, Teutonico ritu soliti torquere cateias:” ib. 785 foll. “Galea alta Chimaeram Sustinet . . . Tam magis illa fremens” &c. Such a transition of cases is not uncommon in Homer, e. g. Il. 10. 436 foll. Τοῦ δὴ καλλίστους ἵππους ἴδον ἠδὲ μεγίστους: Λευκότεροι χιόνος, θείειν δ᾽ ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι.
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