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SILIUS ITALICUS
exuerat regina loco, stant marmore maesto
effigies, Belusque parens omnisque nepotum
a Belo series ;
stat gloria gentis Agenor,
et qui longa dedit terris cognomina Phoenix,
ipsa sedet tandem aeternum coniuncta Sychaeo ;
ante pedes ensis Phrygius iacet ; ordine centum
stant arae caelique dels Erebique potenti.
hie, crine efFuso, atque Hennaeae numina divae
atque Acheronta vocat Stygia cum veste sacerdos.
immugit tellus rumpitque horrenda per umbras 95
sibila ; inaccensi flagrant altaribus ignes.
turn magico volitant cantu per inania manes
exciti, vultusque in marmore sudat Elissae.
Hannibal haec patrio iussu ad penetralia fertur ;
ingressique habitus atque ora explorat Hamilcar. 100
non ille euhantis Massylae palluit iras,
non diros templi ritus aspersaque tabo
limina et audito surgentes carmine flammas.
oUi permulcens genitor caput oscula libat
attolhtque animos hortando et talibus implet : 105
" Gens recidiva Phrygum Cadmeae stirpis alumnos
foederibus non aequa premit ; si fata negarint
dedecus id patriae nostra depellere dextra,
" Phoenicia. The Roman name for the Carthaginians was
Poeni.
^ The sword given her by Aeneas, with which she killed
herself.
" Erebus is one of many names for Hades ; Acheron
(1. 94), properly a river in Hades, is another such name.