[350] The traditional signs of grief on the part of women; cf. Hom. Il. 18.30 “χερσὶ δὲ πᾶσαι στήθεα πεπλήγοντο” ; Verg. A. 1.480 “crinibus Iliades passis suppliciter tristes et tunsae pectora palmis” ; Ov. Met. 13.491 “[Hecuba] consueta pectora plangit” . Baehrens supports his emendation by citing Ov. Her. 9.125 “nec venit incultis captarum more capillis” ; Stat. Theb. 6.32 “incultam ferali pulvere barbam” .
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