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[33] custodia: for custodes; cf. Verg. A. 6.574 cernis custodia qualis vestibulo sedeat? Ov. Met. 14.371abest custodia regi” . —Neither in this nor in the two following verses is there any reference to furtivos hominum amores (Catul. 7.8) save by merest indirection; the maidens complained, and the youths are responding to the charge, that the darkness makes possible acts of violence.


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