Laocoonte: il mito e la statua nelle fonti classiche Per una lettura di ...
Laocoonte: il mito e la statua nelle fonti classiche Per una lettura di ...
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<strong>di</strong>ffugimus uisu exsangues. <strong>il</strong>li agmine certo<br />
Laocoonta petunt; et primum parua duorum<br />
corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque<br />
implicat et miseros morsu depascitur artus; 215<br />
post ipsum aux<strong>il</strong>io subeuntem ac te<strong>la</strong> ferentem<br />
corripiunt spirisque ligant ingentibus; et iam<br />
bis me<strong>di</strong>um amplexi, bis collo squamea circum<br />
terga dati superant capite et ceruicibus altis.<br />
<strong>il</strong>le simul manibus ten<strong>di</strong>t <strong>di</strong>uellere nodos 220<br />
perfusus sanie uittas atroque ueneno,<br />
c<strong>la</strong>mores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit:<br />
qualis mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram<br />
taurus et incertam excussit ceruice securim.<br />
at gemini <strong>la</strong>psu delubra ad summa dracones 225<br />
effugiunt saeuaeque petunt Tritoni<strong>di</strong>s arcem,<br />
sub pe<strong>di</strong>busque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur.<br />
tum uero tremefacta nouus per pectora cunctis<br />
insinuat pauor, et scelus expen<strong>di</strong>sse merentem<br />
Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur 230<br />
<strong>la</strong>eserit et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.<br />
ducendum ad sedes simu<strong>la</strong>crum orandaque <strong>di</strong>uae<br />
numina conc<strong>la</strong>mant.<br />
Petronio, Satyricon 89<br />
Sed video te totum in <strong>il</strong><strong>la</strong> haerere tabu<strong>la</strong>,<br />
quae Troiae halosin osten<strong>di</strong>t.<br />
Itaque conabor opus versibus pandere:<br />
Iam decuma maestos inter ancipites metus<br />
Phrygas obsidebat messis, et vatis fides<br />
Calchantis atro dubia pendebat metu,<br />
cum Delio profante caesi vertices<br />
Idae trahuntur, scissaque in molem cadunt<br />
robora, minacem quae figurarent equum.<br />
Aperitur ingens antrum et obducti specus,<br />
qui castra caperent. Huc decenni proelio<br />
irata virtus ab<strong>di</strong>tur, stipant graves<br />
recessus Danai et in voto <strong>la</strong>tent.<br />
O patria, pulsas m<strong>il</strong>le cre<strong>di</strong><strong>di</strong>mus rates<br />
solumque bello liberum: hoc titulus fero<br />
incisus, hoc ad fata compositus Sinon<br />
firmabat et mendacium in damnum potens.<br />
Iam turba portis libera ac bello carens<br />
in vota properat. Fletibus manant genae,<br />
mentisque pavidae gau<strong>di</strong>um <strong>la</strong>crimas habet.<br />
Quas metus abegit. Namque Neptuno sacer<br />
crinem solutus omne Laocoon replet<br />
c<strong>la</strong>more vulgus. Mox reducta cuspide<br />
uterum notavit, fata sed tardant manus,<br />
ictusque res<strong>il</strong>it et dolis ad<strong>di</strong>t fidem.<br />
Iterum tamen confirmat invalidam manum<br />
altaque bipenni <strong>la</strong>tera pertemptat. Fremit<br />
captiva pubes intus, et dum murmurat,<br />
roborea moles spirat alieno metu.<br />
Ibat iuventus capta, dum Troiam capit,<br />
bellumque totum fraude ducebat nova.<br />
Ecce alia monstra: celsa qua Tenedos mare<br />
dorso replevit, tumida consurgunt freta<br />
undaque resultat scissa tranqu<strong>il</strong>lo minor,<br />
qualis s<strong>il</strong>enti nocte remorum sonus<br />
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