119/122 The _Aufidus_ is a river of Apulia. Opis was a nymph of Diana (Latonia). Virgil is comparing Camilla to the two famous Amazons, Hippolyte who was married to Theseus, and Penthesilea who fought for Troy and was slain by Achilles. [Transcriber's note: The rhyme, the meter, and the sense of the phrase require a word here that is missing from the published text. Orithyia was the wife of Boreas the North Wind, who according to legend was the father of the royal horses of Troy. |