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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber XII 257<br />

Iupp<strong>it</strong>er inque omen Iuturnae occurrere iuss<strong>it</strong>:<br />

illa uolat celerique ad terram turbine fertur. 855<br />

non secus ac neruo per nubem impulsa sag<strong>it</strong>ta,<br />

armatam saeui Parthus quam felle ueneni,<br />

Parthus siue Cydon, telum immedicabile, tors<strong>it</strong>,<br />

stridens et celeris incogn<strong>it</strong>a transil<strong>it</strong> umbras:<br />

talis se sata Nocte tul<strong>it</strong> terrasque petiu<strong>it</strong>. 860<br />

postquam acies uidet Iliacas atque agmina Turni,<br />

al<strong>it</strong>is in paruae sub<strong>it</strong>am collecta figuram,<br />

quae quondam in bustis aut culminibus desertis<br />

nocte sedens serum can<strong>it</strong> importuna per umbras—<br />

hanc uersa in faciem Turni se pestis ob ora 865<br />

fertque refertque sonans clipeumque euerberat alis.<br />

illi membra nouus solu<strong>it</strong> formidine torpor,<br />

arrectaeque horrore comae et uox faucibus haes<strong>it</strong>.<br />

At procul ut Dirae stridorem agnou<strong>it</strong> et alas,<br />

infelix crinis scind<strong>it</strong> Iuturna solutos 870<br />

unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis:<br />

'quid nunc te tua, Turne, potest germana iuuare?<br />

aut quid iam durae superat mihi? qua tibi lucem<br />

arte morer? talin possum me opponere monstro?<br />

iam iam linquo acies. ne me terrete timentem, 875<br />

obscenae uolucres: alarum uerbera nosco<br />

letalemque sonum, nec fallunt iussa superba<br />

magnanimi Iouis. haec pro uirgin<strong>it</strong>ate repon<strong>it</strong>?<br />

quo u<strong>it</strong>am ded<strong>it</strong> aeternam? cur mortis adempta est<br />

condicio? possem tantos finire dolores 880<br />

nunc certe, et misero fratri comes ire per umbras!<br />

immortalis ego? aut quicquam mihi dulce meorum<br />

te sine, frater, er<strong>it</strong>? o quae satis ima dehiscat<br />

terra mihi, Manisque deam dem<strong>it</strong>tat ad imos?'<br />

tantum effata caput glauco contex<strong>it</strong> amictu 885<br />

multa gemens et se fluuio dea condid<strong>it</strong> alto.<br />

Aeneas instat contra telumque coruscat<br />

ingens arboreum, et saeuo sic pectore fatur:<br />

'quae nunc deinde mora est? aut quid iam, Turne, retractas?<br />

non cursu, saeuis certandum est comminus armis. 890<br />

uerte omnis tete in facies et contrahe quidquid<br />

siue animis siue arte uales; opta ardua pennis

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