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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber V 92<br />
ingentique manu malum de naue Seresti<br />
erig<strong>it</strong> et uolucrem traiecto in fune columbam,<br />
quo tendant ferrum, malo suspend<strong>it</strong> ab alto.<br />
conuenere uiri deiectamque aerea sortem 490<br />
accep<strong>it</strong> galea, et primus clamore secundo<br />
Hyrtacidae ante omnis ex<strong>it</strong> locus Hippocoontis;<br />
quem modo nauali Mnestheus certamine uictor<br />
consequ<strong>it</strong>ur, uiridi Mnestheus euinctus oliua.<br />
tertius Eurytion, tuus, o clarissime, frater, 495<br />
Pandare, qui quondam iussus confundere foedus<br />
in medios telum torsisti primus Achiuos.<br />
extremus galeaque ima subsed<strong>it</strong> Acestes,<br />
ausus et ipse manu iuuenum temptare laborem.<br />
tum ualidis flexos incuruant uiribus arcus 500<br />
pro se quisque uiri et depromunt tela pharetris,<br />
primaque per caelum neruo stridente sag<strong>it</strong>ta<br />
Hyrtacidae iuuenis uolucris diuerberat auras,<br />
et uen<strong>it</strong> aduersique infig<strong>it</strong>ur arbore mali.<br />
intremu<strong>it</strong> malus micu<strong>it</strong>que exterr<strong>it</strong>a pennis 505<br />
ales, et ingenti sonuerunt omnia plausu.<br />
post acer Mnestheus adducto const<strong>it</strong><strong>it</strong> arcu<br />
alta petens, par<strong>it</strong>erque oculos telumque tetend<strong>it</strong>.<br />
ast ipsam miserandus auem contingere ferro<br />
non ualu<strong>it</strong>; nodos et uincula linea rup<strong>it</strong> 510<br />
quis innexa pedem malo pendebat ab alto;<br />
illa Notos atque atra uolans in nubila fug<strong>it</strong>.<br />
tum rapidus, iamdudum arcu contenta parato<br />
tela tenens, fratrem Eurytion in uota uocau<strong>it</strong>,<br />
iam uacuo laetam caelo speculatus et alis 515<br />
plaudentem nigra fig<strong>it</strong> sub nube columbam.<br />
decid<strong>it</strong> exanimis u<strong>it</strong>amque reliqu<strong>it</strong> in astris<br />
aetheriis fixamque refert delapsa sag<strong>it</strong>tam.<br />
Amissa solus palma superabat Acestes,<br />
qui tamen aerias telum contend<strong>it</strong> in auras 520<br />
ostentans artemque pater arcumque sonantem.<br />
hic oculis sub<strong>it</strong>um obic<strong>it</strong>ur magnoque futurum<br />
augurio monstrum; docu<strong>it</strong> post ex<strong>it</strong>us ingens<br />
seraque terrifici cecinerunt omina uates.<br />
namque uolans liquidis in nubibus ars<strong>it</strong> harundo 525