Aeneid I 539-552







Quod genus hoc hominum? Quaeve hunc tam barbara mōrem
permittit patria? Hospitiō prohibēmur harēnae;
bella cient prīmāque vetant cōnsistere terrā.
genus hūmānum et mortālia temnitis arma,
at spērāte deōs memorēs fandī atque nefandī.
Rēx erat Aenēās nōbīs, quō iūstior alter
nec pietāte fuit, nec bellō maior et armīs.
Quem fāta virum servant, vescitur aurā
aetheriā neque adhūc crūdēlibus occubat umbrīs,
nōn metus, officiō nec certāsse priōrem
paeniteat. Sunt et Siculīs regiōnibus urbēs
armaque Troiānōque ā sanguine clārus Acestēs.
Quassātam ventīs liceat subdūcere classem
et silvīs aptāre trabēs et stringere rēmōs,


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