Aeneid II 40-56







Prīmus ibi ante omnēs magnā comitante catervā
Lāocoōn ārdēns summā dēcurrit ab arce,
et procul miserī, quae tanta īnsānia, cīvēs?
Crēditis āvectōs hostēs? Aut ūlla putātis
dōna carēre dolīs Danaum? Sīc nōtus Ulixēs?
Aut hōc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī,
aut haec in nostrōs fabricāta est māchina mūrōs,
īnspectūra domōs ventūraque dēsuper urbī,
aut aliquis latet error; equō crēdite, Teucrī.
Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs.'
Sīc fātus validīs ingentem vīribus hastam
in latus inque ferī curvam compāgibus alvum
contorsit. Stetit illa tremēns, uterōque recussō
īnsonuēre cavae gemitumque dedēre cavernae.
Et, fāta deum, mēns nōn laeva fuisset,
impulerat ferrō Argolicās foedāre latebrās,
Troiaque nunc stāret, Priamīque arx alta manērēs.


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