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[ Erato.—Ver. 16. He addresses himself to this Muse, as her name was derived from the Greek 'love.' It has been suggested that he had another reason for addressing her, as she was thought to take pleasure in warfare, a state which sometimes, by way of variety, exists between lovers.]
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[ A bold path.—Ver. 22. This story is again related in the Eighth Book of the Metamorphoses.]
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[ Like oars.—Ver. 45. He aptly compares the arrangement of the main feathers of a wing to a row of oars.]