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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber V 82<br />
totque sues, totidem nigrantis terga iuuencos,<br />
uinaque fundebat pateris animamque uocabat<br />
Anchisae magni manisque Acheronte remissos.<br />
nec non et socii, quae cuique est copia, laeti 100<br />
dona ferunt, onerant aras mactantque iuuencos;<br />
ordine aena locant alii fusique per herbam<br />
subiciunt ueribus prunas et uiscera torrent.<br />
Exspectata dies aderat nonamque serena<br />
Auroram Phaethontis equi iam luce uehebant, 105<br />
famaque fin<strong>it</strong>imos et clari nomen Acestae<br />
excierat; laeto complerant l<strong>it</strong>ora coetu<br />
uisuri Aeneadas, pars et certare parati.<br />
munera principio ante oculos circoque locantur<br />
in medio, sacri tripodes uiridesque coronae 110<br />
et palmae pretium uictoribus, armaque et ostro<br />
perfusae uestes, argenti aurique talenta;<br />
et tuba commissos medio can<strong>it</strong> aggere ludos.<br />
Prima pares ineunt grauibus certamina remis<br />
quattuor ex omni delectae classe carinae. 115<br />
uelocem Mnestheus ag<strong>it</strong> acri remige Pristim,<br />
mox Italus Mnestheus, genus a quo nomine Memmi,<br />
ingentemque Gyas ingenti mole Chimaeram,<br />
urbis opus, triplici pubes quam Dardana uersu<br />
impellunt, terno consurgunt ordine remi; 120<br />
Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen,<br />
Centauro inueh<strong>it</strong>ur magna, Scyllaque Cloanthus<br />
caerulea, genus unde tibi, Romane Cluenti.<br />
Est procul in pelago saxum spumantia contra<br />
l<strong>it</strong>ora, quod tumidis summersum tund<strong>it</strong>ur olim 125<br />
fluctibus, hiberni condunt ubi sidera Cauri;<br />
tranquillo silet immotaque attoll<strong>it</strong>ur unda<br />
campus et apricis statio gratissima mergis.<br />
hic uiridem Aeneas frondenti ex ilice metam<br />
const<strong>it</strong>u<strong>it</strong> signum nautis pater, unde reuerti 130<br />
scirent et longos ubi circumflectere cursus.<br />
tum loca sorte legunt ipsique in puppibus auro<br />
ductores longe effulgent ostroque decori;<br />
cetera populea uelatur fronde iuuentus<br />
nudatosque umeros oleo perfusa n<strong>it</strong>esc<strong>it</strong>. 135
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