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<strong>©Biblioteca</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Colombia</strong><br />
166 VERGILI AENEIS VIII.<br />
Annua, quae differre nefas, celebrate faventes<br />
N obiscum, et jam nunc sociorum assuescite mensis."<br />
Haec ubi dicta, dapes jubet et sublata reponi 115<br />
Pocula, gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,<br />
Praccipuumque toro et villosi pelle leonis<br />
Accipit Aenean, solioque in vi tat aceruo.<br />
Tum lecti juvenes certatim araeque sacerdos<br />
Viscera tosta ferunt taurorum, onerantque canistris 180<br />
Dona laboratae Cereris, Baeehumque ministrant.<br />
Vescitur Aeneas, simul et 'l'rojana juventlls,<br />
Perpetui tergo bovis et lustralibus extis.<br />
Postquam exempta fames et amor compressus e<strong>de</strong>ndi,<br />
Rex Evandrus ait: "Non haec sollemnia nobis, 185<br />
Has ex more dapes, hane tanti numinis aram<br />
Vana supcrstitio veterumque ignara <strong>de</strong>orum<br />
Imposuit; saevis, hospes Trojane, pcriclis<br />
Servati facimus, meritosque novamllS honorcs.<br />
Jam primum saxis suspensam hanc asp ice rupem, 190<br />
Disjeclae proeul ut moles, <strong>de</strong>sertaquc montis<br />
Stat domns, ct scopuli ingeutem traxere ruinam.<br />
Hic spclunca fUit, vasto suomota recessu,<br />
Semihominis Caci facies quam dim tenebat,<br />
Solis inaccessam racliis; scmpel'que recenti 195<br />
Cae<strong>de</strong> tepcbat humus, foribusque affixa superbis<br />
Ora virllm tristi pendcbant pallida taboo<br />
Huic monstro Vulcanus erat pn,ter: iIlius atros<br />
Ore vomens igoes, magna se mole ferebat.<br />
Attulit et nobis aliquaodo optantibus aetas 200<br />
Auxilium adventumqne <strong>de</strong>i. Nam maximus ultor,<br />
Tergemioi ncec Geryonac spoliisque supcrbus,<br />
AlciJes a<strong>de</strong>rat, t:1lll'osquc bac victor ag 'bat<br />
Ingentes; vallcmquc boyes awncmque tenebant.<br />
At furiis Caci Oleos efl'era, ne quid ioausum 205<br />
Aut intractatum scelerisve dolive fnisset,<br />
Qnattuor a stabulis praestanti corpore tauros<br />
A vertit, toti<strong>de</strong>m forma superante juvencas.<br />
Atque hos, ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
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