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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber VII 127<br />
Turnus, auis atauisque potens, quem regia coniunx<br />
adiungi generum miro properabat amore;<br />
sed uariis portenta deum terroribus obstant.<br />
laurus erat tecti medio in penetralibus altis<br />
sacra comam multosque metu seruata per annos, 60<br />
quam pater inuentam, primas cum conderet arces,<br />
ipse ferebatur Phoebo sacrasse Latinus,<br />
Laurentisque ab ea nomen posuisse colonis.<br />
huius apes summum densae (mirabile dictu)<br />
stridore ingenti liquidum trans aethera uectae 65<br />
obsedere apicem, et pedibus per mutua nexis<br />
examen sub<strong>it</strong>um ramo frondente pepend<strong>it</strong>.<br />
continuo uates 'externum cernimus' inqu<strong>it</strong><br />
'aduentare uirum et partis petere agmen easdem<br />
partibus ex isdem et summa dominarier arce.' 70<br />
praeterea, castis adolet dum altaria taedis,<br />
et iuxta gen<strong>it</strong>orem astat Lauinia uirgo,<br />
uisa (nefas) longis comprendere crinibus ignem<br />
atque omnem ornatum flamma crep<strong>it</strong>ante cremari,<br />
regalisque accensa comas, accensa coronam 75<br />
insignem gemmis; tum fumida lumine fuluo<br />
inuolui ac totis Volcanum spargere tectis.<br />
id uero horrendum ac uisu mirabile ferri:<br />
namque fore inlustrem fama fatisque canebant<br />
ipsam, sed populo magnum portendere bellum. 80<br />
At rex sollic<strong>it</strong>us monstris oracula Fauni,<br />
fatidici gen<strong>it</strong>oris, ad<strong>it</strong> lucosque sub alta<br />
consul<strong>it</strong> Albunea, nemorum quae maxima sacro<br />
fonte sonat saeuamque exhalat opaca meph<strong>it</strong>im.<br />
hinc Italae gentes omnisque Oenotria tellus 85<br />
in dubiis responsa petunt; huc dona sacerdos<br />
cum tul<strong>it</strong> et caesarum ouium sub nocte silenti<br />
pellibus incubu<strong>it</strong> stratis somnosque petiu<strong>it</strong>,<br />
multa modis simulacra uidet uol<strong>it</strong>antia miris<br />
et uarias aud<strong>it</strong> uoces fru<strong>it</strong>urque deorum 90<br />
conloquio atque imis Acheronta adfatur Auernis.<br />
hic et tum pater ipse petens responsa Latinus<br />
centum lanigeras mactabat r<strong>it</strong>e bidentis,<br />
atque harum effultus tergo stratisque iacebat
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