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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber XI 233<br />
hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu<br />
sist<strong>it</strong> et Arruntem tumulo speculatur ab alto.<br />
ut uid<strong>it</strong> fulgentem armis ac uana tumentem,<br />
'cur' inqu<strong>it</strong> 'diuersus abis? huc derige gressum, 855<br />
huc per<strong>it</strong>ure ueni, capias ut digna Camillae<br />
praemia. tune etiam telis moriere Dianae?'<br />
dix<strong>it</strong>, et aurata uolucrem Threissa sag<strong>it</strong>tam<br />
depromps<strong>it</strong> pharetra cornuque infensa tetend<strong>it</strong><br />
et dux<strong>it</strong> longe, donec curuata coirent 860}}<br />
inter se cap<strong>it</strong>a et manibus iam tangeret aequis,<br />
laeua aciem ferri, dextra neruoque papillam.<br />
extemplo teli stridorem aurasque sonantis<br />
audi<strong>it</strong> una Arruns haes<strong>it</strong>que in corpore ferrum.<br />
illum exspirantem socii atque extrema gementem 865<br />
obl<strong>it</strong>i ignoto camporum in puluere linquunt;<br />
Opis ad aetherium pennis aufertur Olympum.<br />
Prima fug<strong>it</strong> domina amissa leuis ala Camillae,<br />
turbati fugiunt Rutuli, fug<strong>it</strong> acer Atinas,<br />
disiectique duces desolatique manipli 870<br />
tuta petunt et equis auersi ad moenia tendunt.<br />
nec quisquam instantis Teucros letumque ferentis<br />
sustentare ualet telis aut sistere contra,<br />
sed laxos referunt umeris languentibus arcus,<br />
quadripedumque putrem cursu quat<strong>it</strong> ungula campum. 875<br />
uolu<strong>it</strong>ur ad muros caligine turbidus atra<br />
puluis, et e speculis percussae pectora matres<br />
femineum clamorem ad caeli sidera tollunt.<br />
qui cursu portas primi inrupere patentis,<br />
hos inimica super mixto prem<strong>it</strong> agmine turba, 880<br />
nec miseram effugiunt mortem, sed limine in ipso,<br />
moenibus in patriis atque inter tuta domorum<br />
confixi exspirant animas. pars claudere portas,<br />
nec sociis aperire uiam nec moenibus audent<br />
accipere orantis, or<strong>it</strong>urque miserrima caedes 885<br />
defendentum armis ad<strong>it</strong>us inque arma ruentum.<br />
exclusi ante oculos lacrimantumque ora parentum<br />
pars in praecip<strong>it</strong>is fossas urgente ruina<br />
uolu<strong>it</strong>ur, immissis pars caeca et conc<strong>it</strong>a frenis<br />
arietat in portas et duros obice postis. 890
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