Veritas quidem hoc habet: Troili amore Achillem ductum palumbes et quibus ille delectabatur obiecisse: quas cum vellet tenere, captus ab Achille et in eius amplexibus periit. Sed hoc quasi indignum heroo carmine mutavit poeta.
--Serv. Hon. In Verg. carm. coment. 1.474
The poet [Vergil] changed this, since it puts the hero in a bad light, but here's the truth:
Overcome by a love for the Trojan prince Troilus, Achilles offered the Trojan his favorite birds as a gift. But when Troilus reached for them, Achilles caught him in an embrace and he died in the struggle.
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Name: Maurus Servius
Honoratus
Date: 4th –
5th c. CE (???)
Works: In Vergilii
carmina comentarii
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Little is known about the
author or manuscript tradition for the grammatical commentary of Vergil’s Aeneid.
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BYZANTINE / LATE LATIN
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