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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber III 50<br />
ut me conspex<strong>it</strong> uenientem et Troia circum<br />
arma amens uid<strong>it</strong>, magnis exterr<strong>it</strong>a monstris<br />
derigu<strong>it</strong> uisu in medio, calor ossa reliqu<strong>it</strong>,<br />
lab<strong>it</strong>ur, et longo uix tandem tempore fatur:<br />
'uerane te facies, uerus mihi nuntius adfers, 310<br />
nate dea? uiuisne? aut, si lux alma recess<strong>it</strong>,<br />
Hector ubi est?' dix<strong>it</strong>, lacrimasque effud<strong>it</strong> et omnem<br />
impleu<strong>it</strong> clamore locum. uix pauca furenti<br />
subicio et raris turbatus uocibus hisco:<br />
'uiuo equidem u<strong>it</strong>amque extrema per omnia duco; 315<br />
ne dub<strong>it</strong>a, nam uera uides.<br />
heu! quis te casus deiectam coniuge tanto<br />
excip<strong>it</strong>, aut quae digna satis fortuna reuis<strong>it</strong>,<br />
Hectoris Andromache? Pyrrhin conubia seruas?'<br />
deiec<strong>it</strong> uultum et demissa uoce locuta est: 320<br />
'o felix una ante alias Priameia uirgo,<br />
hostilem ad tumulum Troiae sub moenibus altis<br />
iussa mori, quae sort<strong>it</strong>us non pertul<strong>it</strong> ullos<br />
nec uictoris heri tetig<strong>it</strong> captiua cubile!<br />
nos patria incensa diuersa per aequora uectae 325<br />
stirpis Achilleae fastus iuuenemque superbum<br />
seru<strong>it</strong>io enixae tulimus; qui deinde secutus<br />
Ledaeam Hermionen Lacedaemoniosque hymenaeos<br />
me famulo famulamque Heleno transmis<strong>it</strong> habendam.<br />
ast illum ereptae magno flammatus amore 330<br />
coniugis et scelerum furiis ag<strong>it</strong>atus Orestes<br />
excip<strong>it</strong> incautum patriasque obtruncat ad aras.<br />
morte Neoptolemi regnorum redd<strong>it</strong>a cess<strong>it</strong><br />
pars Heleno, qui Chaonios cognomine campos<br />
Chaoniamque omnem Troiano a Chaone dix<strong>it</strong>, 335<br />
Pergamaque Iliacamque iugis hanc addid<strong>it</strong> arcem.<br />
sed tibi qui cursum uenti, quae fata dedere?<br />
aut quisnam ignarum nostris deus appul<strong>it</strong> oris?<br />
quid puer Ascanius? superatne et uesc<strong>it</strong>ur aura?<br />
quem tibi iam Troia— 340<br />
ecqua tamen puero est amissae cura parentis?<br />
ecquid in antiquam uirtutem animosque uirilis<br />
et pater Aeneas et auunculus exc<strong>it</strong>at Hector?'<br />
talia fundebat lacrimans longosque ciebat
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