Aeneid II 201-211







Lāocoōn, ductus Neptūnō sorte sacerdōs,
sollemnēs taurum ingentem mactābat ad ārās.
Ecce autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per alta
(horrēscō referēns) immēnsīs orbibus anguēs
incumbunt pelagō pariterque ad lītora tendunt;
pectora quōrum inter flūctūs arrēcta iubaeque
sanguineae superant undās, pars cētera pontum
pōne legit, sinuatque immēnsa volūmine terga.
Fit sonitus spūmante salō; iamque arva tenēbant
ārdentēsque oculōs suffectī sanguine et ignī
sībila lambēbant linguīs vībrantibus ōra.


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