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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber VI 116<br />
hic locus est, partis ubi se uia find<strong>it</strong> in ambas: 540<br />
dextera quae D<strong>it</strong>is magni sub moenia tend<strong>it</strong>,<br />
hac <strong>it</strong>er Elysium nobis; at laeua malorum<br />
exercet poenas et ad impia Tartara m<strong>it</strong>t<strong>it</strong>.'<br />
Deiphobus contra: 'ne saeui, magna sacerdos;<br />
discedam, explebo numerum reddarque tenebris. 545<br />
i decus, i, nostrum; melioribus utere fatis.'<br />
tantum effatus, et in uerbo uestigia tors<strong>it</strong>.<br />
Respic<strong>it</strong> Aeneas sub<strong>it</strong>o et sub rupe sinistra<br />
moenia lata uidet triplici circumdata muro,<br />
quae rapidus flammis amb<strong>it</strong> torrentibus amnis, 550<br />
Tartareus Phlegethon, torquetque sonantia saxa.<br />
porta aduersa ingens solidoque adamante columnae,<br />
uis ut nulla uirum, non ipsi exscindere bello<br />
caelicolae ualeant; stat ferrea turris ad auras,<br />
Tisiphoneque sedens palla succincta cruenta 555<br />
uestibulum exsomnis seruat noctesque diesque.<br />
hinc exaudiri gem<strong>it</strong>us et saeua sonare<br />
uerbera, tum stridor ferri tractaeque catenae.<br />
const<strong>it</strong><strong>it</strong> Aeneas strep<strong>it</strong>umque exterr<strong>it</strong>us haus<strong>it</strong>.<br />
'quae scelerum facies? o uirgo, effare; quibusue 560<br />
urgentur poenis? quis tantus plangor ad auras?'<br />
tum uates sic orsa loqui: 'dux inclute Teucrum,<br />
nulli fas casto sceleratum insistere limen;<br />
sed me cum lucis Hecate praefec<strong>it</strong> Auernis,<br />
ipsa deum poenas docu<strong>it</strong> perque omnia dux<strong>it</strong>. 565<br />
Cnosius haec Rhadamanthus habet durissima regna<br />
castigatque aud<strong>it</strong>que dolos subig<strong>it</strong>que fateri<br />
quae quis apud superos furto laetatus inani<br />
distul<strong>it</strong> in seram commissa piacula mortem.<br />
continuo sontis ultrix accincta flagello 570<br />
Tisiphone quat<strong>it</strong> insultans, toruosque sinistra<br />
intentans anguis uocat agmina saeua sororum.<br />
tum demum horrisono stridentes cardine sacrae<br />
panduntur portae. cernis custodia qualis<br />
uestibulo sedeat, facies quae limina seruet? 575<br />
quinquaginta atris immanis hiatibus Hydra<br />
saeuior intus habet sedem. tum Tartarus ipse<br />
bis patet in praeceps tantum tend<strong>it</strong>que sub umbras
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