Note 80 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

obstipo capite: ‘with stooped head,’ ‘bent forward,’ κεκυφότες. Hor., Sat., 2, 5, 92: Davus sis comicus atque | stes capite obstipo, multum similis metuenti. Comp. the description of Ulysses in Il., 3, 217 foll.—figentes lumine terram: Jahn quotes a parallel from Stat., Silv., 5, 1, 140. More common forms are figere lumina terra, in humo, in terram. ‘They bore the ground with their eyes,’ ‘look at it as if they would look through it.’ Casaubon comp. Plat., Alcib. II., 138A. Add Lucian, Vit. Auct., 7; Aristaenet., 1, 15.