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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber VII 139<br />
stip<strong>it</strong>ibus duris ag<strong>it</strong>ur sudibusue praeustis,<br />
sed ferro ancip<strong>it</strong>i decernunt atraque late 525<br />
horresc<strong>it</strong> strictis seges ensibus, aeraque fulgent<br />
sole lacess<strong>it</strong>a et lucem sub nubila iactant:<br />
fluctus uti primo coep<strong>it</strong> cum albescere uento,<br />
paulatim sese toll<strong>it</strong> mare et altius undas<br />
erig<strong>it</strong>, inde imo consurg<strong>it</strong> ad aethera fundo. 530<br />
hic iuuenis primam ante aciem stridente sag<strong>it</strong>ta,<br />
natorum Tyrrhi fuerat qui maximus, Almo,<br />
stern<strong>it</strong>ur; haes<strong>it</strong> enim sub gutture uulnus et udae<br />
uocis <strong>it</strong>er tenuemque inclus<strong>it</strong> sanguine u<strong>it</strong>am.<br />
corpora multa uirum circa seniorque Galaesus, 535<br />
dum paci medium se offert, iustissimus unus<br />
qui fu<strong>it</strong> Ausoniisque olim d<strong>it</strong>issimus aruis:<br />
quinque greges illi balantum, quina redibant<br />
armenta, et terram centum uertebat aratris.<br />
Atque ea per campos aequo dum Marte geruntur, 540<br />
promissi dea facta potens, ubi sanguine bellum<br />
imbu<strong>it</strong> et primae commis<strong>it</strong> funera pugnae,<br />
deser<strong>it</strong> Hesperiam et caeli conuersa per auras<br />
Iunonem uictrix adfatur uoce superba:<br />
'en, perfecta tibi bello discordia tristi; 545<br />
dic in amic<strong>it</strong>iam coeant et foedera iungant.<br />
quandoquidem Ausonio respersi sanguine Teucros,<br />
hoc etiam his addam, tua si mihi certa uoluntas:<br />
fin<strong>it</strong>imas in bella feram rumoribus urbes,<br />
accendamque animos insani Martis amore 550<br />
undique ut auxilio ueniant; spargam arma per agros.'<br />
tum contra Iuno: 'terrorum et fraudis abunde est:<br />
stant belli causae, pugnatur comminus armis,<br />
quae fors prima ded<strong>it</strong> sanguis nouus imbu<strong>it</strong> arma.<br />
talia coniugia et talis celebrent hymenaeos 555<br />
egregium Veneris genus et rex ipse Latinus.<br />
te super aetherias errare licentius auras<br />
haud pater ille uel<strong>it</strong>, summi regnator Olympi.<br />
cede locis. ego, si qua super fortuna laborum est,<br />
ipsa regam.' talis dederat Saturnia uoces; 560<br />
illa autem attoll<strong>it</strong> stridentis anguibus alas<br />
Cocytique pet<strong>it</strong> sedem supera ardua linquens.
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