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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber VI 108<br />
ossaque lecta cado tex<strong>it</strong> Corynaeus aeno.<br />
idem ter socios pura circumtul<strong>it</strong> unda<br />
spargens rore leui et ramo felicis oliuae, 230<br />
lustrau<strong>it</strong>que uiros dix<strong>it</strong>que nouissima uerba.<br />
at pius Aeneas ingenti mole sepulcrum<br />
impon<strong>it</strong> suaque arma uiro remumque tubamque<br />
monte sub aerio, qui nunc Misenus ab illo<br />
dic<strong>it</strong>ur aeternumque tenet per saecula nomen. 235<br />
His actis propere exsequ<strong>it</strong>ur praecepta Sibyllae.<br />
spelunca alta fu<strong>it</strong> uastoque immanis hiatu,<br />
scrupea, tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris,<br />
quam super haud ullae poterant impune uolantes<br />
tendere <strong>it</strong>er pennis: talis sese hal<strong>it</strong>us atris 240<br />
faucibus effundens supera ad conuexa ferebat.<br />
[unde locum Grai dixerunt nomine Aornum.]<br />
quattuor hic primum nigrantis terga iuuencos<br />
const<strong>it</strong>u<strong>it</strong> frontique inuerg<strong>it</strong> uina sacerdos,<br />
et summas carpens media inter cornua saetas 245<br />
ignibus impon<strong>it</strong> sacris, libamina prima,<br />
uoce uocans Hecaten caeloque Ereboque potentem.<br />
supponunt alii cultros tepidumque cruorem<br />
succipiunt pateris. ipse atri uelleris agnam<br />
Aeneas matri Eumenidum magnaeque sorori 250<br />
ense fer<strong>it</strong>, sterilemque tibi, Proserpina, uaccam;<br />
tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras<br />
et solida impon<strong>it</strong> taurorum uiscera flammis,<br />
pingue super oleum fundens ardentibus extis.<br />
ecce autem primi sub limina solis et ortus 255<br />
sub pedibus mugire solum et iuga coepta moueri<br />
siluarum, uisaeque canes ululare per umbram<br />
aduentante dea. 'procul, o procul este, profani,'<br />
conclamat uates, 'totoque absist<strong>it</strong>e luco;<br />
tuque inuade uiam uaginaque eripe ferrum: 260<br />
nunc animis opus, Aenea, nunc pectore firmo.'<br />
tantum effata furens antro se immis<strong>it</strong> aperto;<br />
ille ducem haud timidis uadentem passibus aequat.<br />
Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes<br />
et Chaos et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late, 265<br />
s<strong>it</strong> mihi fas aud<strong>it</strong>a loqui, s<strong>it</strong> numine uestro
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