Abstract
It is well-known to scholars that the simile of the wool spinner described in Verg. Aen. 8.407–413 reworks on a verbal level Ap. Rhod. Argon. 3.291–295. Comparing Verg. Aen. 8.410 and Ap. Rhod. Argon. 3.291, this paper aims to suggest that in Ap. Rhod. Argon. 3.291 Virgil read a different text from that generally accepted by modern editors.
Acknowledgements
I am deeply grateful to Nigel Guy Wilson, Damien Patrick Nelis, and Claudio Bevegni who read a first draft of this paper. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions. Needless to say, all the remaining shortcomings are mine.
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