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SILIUS ITALICUS
qua sparsit ferrum, latus rubet aequore limes,
ergo instat fatis, et rumpere foedera certus,
quo datur, interea Romam comprendere bello
gaudet et extremis pulsat Capitolia terris. 270
Prima Saguntinas turbarunt classica portas,
bellaque sumpta viro belli maioris amore.
baud procul Herculei tollunt se litore muri,
clementer crescente iugo, quis nobile nomen
conditus excelso sacravit colle Zacynthos. 275
hie comes Alcidae remeabat in agmine Thebas
Geryone extincto caeloque ea facta ferebat.
tres animas namque id monstrum,tres corpore dextras
armarat ternaque caput cervice gerebat.
baud alium vidit tellus, cui ponere finem 280
non posset mors una viro, duraeque sorores
tertia bis rupto torquerent stamina filo.
hinc spolia ostentabat ovans captivaque victor
armenta ad fontes medio fervore vocabat,
cum tumidas fauces accensis sole venenis 285
calcatus rupit letali vulnere serpens
Inachiumque virum terris prostravit Hiberis.
mox profugi ducente Noto advertere coloni,
insula quos genuit Graio circumflua ponto
atque auxit quondam Laertia regna Zacynthos. 290
firmavit tenues ortus mox Daunia pubes,
sedis inops, misit largo quam dives alumno,
" To the ancients Spain was the western limit of the world.
'' Saguntum in Spain, like Massilia in Gaul, claimed to
be a Greek city. The name was identified with Zacynthus,
a companion of Hercules, whose tomb was shown there.
The seizure of Geryon's cattle was one of the Labours of
Hercules. Further, settlers were said to have come there
from the Greek island of Zacynthus (now Zante).
" The three Fates or Parcae.
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