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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber VIII 157<br />
te potu<strong>it</strong> lacrimis T<strong>it</strong>honia flectere coniunx.<br />
aspice qui coeant populi, quae moenia clausis 385<br />
ferrum acuant portis in me excidiumque meorum.'<br />
dixerat et niueis hinc atque hinc diua lacertis<br />
cunctantem amplexu molli fouet. ille repente<br />
accep<strong>it</strong> sol<strong>it</strong>am flammam, notusque medullas<br />
intrau<strong>it</strong> calor et labefacta per ossa cucurr<strong>it</strong>, 390<br />
non secus atque olim ton<strong>it</strong>ru cum rupta corusco<br />
ignea rima micans percurr<strong>it</strong> lumine nimbos;<br />
sens<strong>it</strong> laeta dolis et formae conscia coniunx.<br />
tum pater aeterno fatur deuinctus amore:<br />
'quid causas petis ex alto? fiducia cess<strong>it</strong> 395<br />
quo tibi, diua, mei? similis si cura fuisset,<br />
tum quoque fas nobis Teucros armare fuisset;<br />
nec pater omnipotens Troiam nec fata uetabant<br />
stare decemque alios Priamum superesse per annos.<br />
et nunc, si bellare paras atque haec tibi mens est, 400<br />
quidquid in arte mea possum prom<strong>it</strong>tere curae,<br />
quod fieri ferro liquidoue potest electro,<br />
quantum ignes animaeque ualent, absiste precando<br />
uiribus indub<strong>it</strong>are tuis.' ea uerba locutus<br />
optatos ded<strong>it</strong> amplexus placidumque petiu<strong>it</strong> 405<br />
coniugis infusus gremio per membra soporem.<br />
Inde ubi prima quies medio iam noctis abactae<br />
curriculo expulerat somnum, cum femina primum,<br />
cui tolerare colo u<strong>it</strong>am tenuique Minerua<br />
impos<strong>it</strong>um, cinerem et sop<strong>it</strong>os susc<strong>it</strong>at ignis 410<br />
noctem addens operi, famulasque ad lumina longo<br />
exercet penso, castum ut seruare cubile<br />
coniugis et poss<strong>it</strong> paruos educere natos:<br />
haud secus ignipotens nec tempore segnior illo<br />
mollibus e stratis opera ad fabrilia surg<strong>it</strong>. 415<br />
insula Sicanium iuxta latus Aeoliamque<br />
erig<strong>it</strong>ur Liparen fumantibus ardua saxis,<br />
quam subter specus et Cyclopum exesa caminis<br />
antra Aetnaea tonant, ualidique incudibus ictus<br />
aud<strong>it</strong>i referunt gem<strong>it</strong>us, striduntque cauernis 420<br />
stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat,<br />
Volcani domus et Volcania nomine tellus.
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