[125] Rauca sonans closely with ‘cunctatur,’ the sound as well as the stopping being a sign of alarm. Serv. says “Licet antiquitas habuerit hic et haec amnis” (see Forc. ‘amnis’), “melius tamen est accipere ‘rauca sonans’ pro ‘rauce’ quam ‘rauca amnis.’” ‘Revocat pedem’ like “revocare gradum” 6. 128. Feet are attributed to running water by Lucr. 5. 272, Hor. Epod. 16. 48. This does not agree with the conception of river-gods, who are separable from their waters: but it may be illustrated by Hom.'s notion of Xanthus, who appears in a human form to speak to Achilles, but is himself identified with the river (Il. 21. 213, 356, where v. 366 may be compared with the present passage). ‘Ab alto,’ from the sea to which he was hastening.
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