Metamorphoses VIII 227-235






Tābuerant cērae; nūdōs quatit ille lacertōs,
rēmigiōque carēns nōn ūllās percipit aurās,
ōraque caeruleā patrium clāmantia nōmen
excipiuntur aquā, quae nōmen trāxit ab illō.
At pater īnfēlīx, nec iam pater, "Īcare," dīxit;
"Īcare," dīxit, "ubi es? Quā regiōne requīram?"
"Īcare," dīcēbat: pennās aspexit in undīs
dēvōvitque suās artēs corpusque sepulcrō
condidit; est tellūs ā nōmine dicta sepultī.


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