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Thence like fierce wolves beneath the cloud of night, Aen. ii. 355. precedes its subject. On the other hand, an example of the simile following its subject is to be found in the first Georgic, where, after the long lamentation over the wars civil and foreign that have afflicted Rome, there come the lines: As when, their barriers down, the chariots speed Lap after lap; in vain the charioteer Tightens the curb: his steeds ungovernable Sweep him away nor heeds the car the rein. Georg. i. 512. There is, however, no antapodosis in these similes.
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Such reciprocal representation places both subjects of comparison before our very eyes, displaying them side by side. Virgil provides many remarkable examples, but it will be better for me to quote from oratory. In the pro Murena Cicero Pro Mur. xiii. 29. says, As among Greek musicians (for so they say), only those turn flute-players that cannot play the lyre, so here at Rome we see that those who cannot acquire the art of oratory betake themselves to the study of the law.
