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[297] οὖλος: 'cruel'; cf. Virg. E. 8. 47,saevus Amor”: Enn. Fab. 259, “Medea, animo aegra, amore saevo saucia”. L. and S. take οὖλος as ὅλος here and in 1078, explaining 'vigorous,' 'vehement.'

μετετρωπᾶτο: ἅπ. λεγ. Prop. expresses the same change from blushing to paleness, 1. 15. 39,Quis te cogebat multos pallere colores?”; cf.

Quantos illa tulit languenti corde timores,
Quanto saepe magis fulgore expalluit auri.


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    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.1078
    • Catullus, Poems, 64
    • Vergil, Eclogues, 8
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 1.15
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