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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber III 57<br />
urgeri mole hac, ingentemque insuper Aetnam<br />
impos<strong>it</strong>am ruptis flammam exspirare caminis, 580<br />
et fessum quotiens mutet latus, intremere omnem<br />
murmure Trinacriam et caelum subtexere fumo.<br />
noctem illam tecti siluis immania monstra<br />
perferimus, nec quae son<strong>it</strong>um det causa uidemus.<br />
nam neque erant astrorum ignes nec lucidus aethra 585<br />
siderea polus, obscuro sed nubila caelo,<br />
et lunam in nimbo nox intempesta tenebat.<br />
Postera iamque dies primo surgebat Eoo<br />
umentemque Aurora polo dimouerat umbram,<br />
cum sub<strong>it</strong>o e siluis macie confecta suprema 590<br />
ignoti noua forma uiri miserandaque cultu<br />
proced<strong>it</strong> supplexque manus ad l<strong>it</strong>ora tend<strong>it</strong>.<br />
respicimus. dira inluuies immissaque barba,<br />
consertum tegimen spinis: at cetera Graius,<br />
et quondam patriis ad Troiam missus in armis. 595<br />
isque ubi Dardanios hab<strong>it</strong>us et Troia uid<strong>it</strong><br />
arma procul, paulum aspectu conterr<strong>it</strong>us haes<strong>it</strong><br />
continu<strong>it</strong>que gradum; mox sese ad l<strong>it</strong>ora praeceps<br />
cum fletu precibusque tul<strong>it</strong>: 'per sidera testor,<br />
per superos atque hoc caeli spirabile lumen, 600<br />
toll<strong>it</strong>e me, Teucri. quascumque abduc<strong>it</strong>e terras:<br />
hoc sat er<strong>it</strong>. scio me Danais e classibus unum<br />
et bello Iliacos fateor petiisse penatis.<br />
pro quo, si sceleris tanta est iniuria nostri,<br />
sparg<strong>it</strong>e me in fluctus uastoque immerg<strong>it</strong>e ponto; 605<br />
si pereo, hominum manibus periisse iuuab<strong>it</strong>.'<br />
dixerat et genua amplexus genibusque uolutans<br />
haerebat. qui s<strong>it</strong> fari, quo sanguine cretus,<br />
hortamur, quae deinde ag<strong>it</strong>et fortuna fateri.<br />
ipse pater dextram Anchises haud multa moratus 610<br />
dat iuueni atque animum praesenti pignore firmat.<br />
ille haec depos<strong>it</strong>a tandem formidine fatur:<br />
'sum patria ex Ithaca, comes infelicis Vlixi,<br />
nomine Achaemenides, Troiam gen<strong>it</strong>ore Adamasto<br />
paupere (mansissetque utinam fortuna!) profectus. 615<br />
hic me, dum trepidi crudelia limina linquunt,<br />
immemores socii uasto Cyclopis in antro
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