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run with it on him. Virg. probably thought, as Heyne suggests, of Il. 5. 303, ὃ ουʼ δύο γʼ ἄνδρε φέροιεν …. ὁ δέ μιν ῥέα πάλλε καὶ οἶος. Thus ‘cursu’ will go with ‘agebat,’ not, as Forb. thinks, with ‘palantis,’ though that might possibly be defended, as the speed of the fugitives would imply the speed of the pursuer. “Cursu timidos agitabis onagros” G. 3. 409. ‘Demoleus’ Med., ‘Demoleos’ Rom., Pal., Gud.: see on 2. 371. “Palantis agit” 11. 734.