ABSTRACT
Hardie correctly points to "the distribution of quassatae . . . over the two clauses". But we should also put a comma after quassatae. To join ullo with cursu seems on reflection feeble (Whiteley "by any voyage"): ullo should instead go with turbine venti. Though not counted in by Norden among his examples of inverted particles2 it can plead Marx's 'Stellungsregel' on its side. This 'rule', however, should be regarded as nothing more than a favoured rhythm, as is generally recognized.3 With our line one can compare G. 4. 48 ure foco cancros, altae neu crede paludi; A. 8. 582 complexu teneo, gravior neu nuntius auris. Notable is also the rhythm with the elision at the third-foot caesura.4 It is not as remarkable as at A. 3. 652 with its complete syntactical break: hanc primum ad litora classem / conspexi venientem. Huic me, quaecumque fuisset, / addixi, but nevertheless its effectiveness in describing the shattering effect of sea and storm on the ships is easily felt. When ullo is taken with turbine this effect comes even clearer to the fore.
