[648] “Contemptorque deum Mezentius” 8. 7. ‘Armat,’ arrays, much as θωρήσσειν is used in Hom., Il. 2. 11, 83., 16. 155. There was a legend that Mezentius claimed for himself the first-fruits due to the gods, Cato ap. Macrob. Sat. 3. 5.
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