Book 2
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Sulpicius Apollinaris' criticism of Caesellius Vindex for his explanation of a passage in Virgil.
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VIRGIL has the following lines in the sixth book: 760 ff. Yon princeling, thou beholdest leaning there Upon a bloodless See note 1, p. 155. lance, shall next emerge Into the realms of day. He is the first Of half-Italian strain, thy last-born heir, To thine old age by fair Lavinia given, Called Silvius, a royal Alban name (Of sylvan birth and sylvan nurture he), A king himself and sire of kings to come, By whom our race in Alba Longa reign.