Metamorphoses VIII 183-192






Daedalus intereā Crētēn longumque perōsus
exilium, tāctusque locī nātālis amōre,
clausus erat pelagō. "Terrās licet," inquit, "et undās
obstruat, at caelum certē patet; ībimus illāc!
Omnia possideat, nōn possidet āera Mīnōs."
Dīxit et ignōtās animum dīmittit in artēs,
nātūramque novat. Nam pōnit in ōrdine pennās
ā minimā coeptās, longam breviōre sequente,
ut clīvō crēvisse putēs; sīc rūstica quondam
fistula disparibus paulātim surgit avēnīs.


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