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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber XII 255<br />

non poterat. tum uero amens formidine Turnus<br />

'Faune, precor, miserere' inqu<strong>it</strong> 'tuque optima ferrum<br />

Terra tene, colui uestros si semper honores,<br />

quos contra Aeneadae bello fecere profanos.'<br />

dix<strong>it</strong>, opemque dei non cassa in uota uocau<strong>it</strong>. 780<br />

namque diu luctans lentoque in stirpe moratus<br />

uiribus haud ullis ualu<strong>it</strong> discludere morsus<br />

roboris Aeneas. dum n<strong>it</strong><strong>it</strong>ur acer et instat,<br />

rursus in aurigae faciem mutata Metisci<br />

procurr<strong>it</strong> fratrique ensem dea Daunia redd<strong>it</strong>. 785<br />

quod Venus audaci nymphae indignata licere<br />

access<strong>it</strong> telumque alta ab radice reuell<strong>it</strong>.<br />

olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,<br />

hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta,<br />

adsistunt contra certamina Martis anheli. 790<br />

Iunonem interea rex omnipotentis Olympi<br />

adloqu<strong>it</strong>ur fulua pugnas de nube tuentem:<br />

'quae iam finis er<strong>it</strong>, coniunx? quid denique restat?<br />

indigetem Aenean scis ipsa et scire fateris<br />

deberi caelo fatisque ad sidera tolli. 795<br />

quid struis? aut qua spe gelidis in nubibus haeres?<br />

mortalin decu<strong>it</strong> uiolari uulnere diuum?<br />

aut ensem (quid enim sine te Iuturna ualeret?)<br />

ereptum reddi Turno et uim crescere uictis?<br />

desine iam tandem precibusque inflectere nostris, 800<br />

ne te tantus ed<strong>it</strong> tac<strong>it</strong>am dolor et mihi curae<br />

saepe tuo dulci tristes ex ore recursent.<br />

uentum ad supremum est. terris ag<strong>it</strong>are uel undis<br />

Troianos potuisti, infandum accendere bellum,<br />

deformare domum et luctu miscere hymenaeos: 805<br />

ulterius temptare ueto.' sic Iupp<strong>it</strong>er orsus;<br />

sic dea summisso contra Saturnia uultu:<br />

'ista quidem quia nota mihi tua, magne, uoluntas,<br />

Iupp<strong>it</strong>er, et Turnum et terras inu<strong>it</strong>a reliqui;<br />

nec tu me aeria solam nunc sede uideres 810<br />

digna indigna pati, sed flammis cincta sub ipsa<br />

starem acie traheremque inimica in proelia Teucros.<br />

Iuturnam misero (fateor) succurrere fratri<br />

suasi et pro u<strong>it</strong>a maiora audere probaui,

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