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Thebaid<\/em> 1.562-669 (c.92 AD)<\/h3>\n

Coroebus slays a baby-devouring\u00a0lamia\u00a0sent by Apollo against Argos.<\/em><\/p>\n

postquam caerulei sinuosa volumina monstri,
\nterrigenam Pythona deus septem orbibus atris
\namplexum Delphos squamisque annosa ferentem
\nrobora, Castaliis dum fontibus ore trisuleo
\nfusus hiat nigro sitiens alimenta veneno,
\nperculit, absumptis numerosa in vulnera telis,
\nCirrhaeique dedit centum per iugera campi
\nvix tandem explieitum, nova deinde piacula caedis
\nperquirens nostri tecta haud opulenta Crotopi
\nattigit, huic primis et pubem ineuntibus annis
\nmira decore pios servabat nata penates
\nintemerata toris, felix, si Delia numquam
\nfurta nec occultum Phoebo sociasset amorem!
\nnamque ut passa deum Nemeaei ad fluminis undam,
\nbis quinos plena eum fronte resumeret orbes
\nCynthia, sidereum Latonae feta nepotem
\nedidit; ac poenae metuens\u2014neque enim ille coactis
\ndonasset thalamis veniam pater\u2014avia rura
\neligit ae natum saepta inter ovilia furtim
\nmontivago pecoris custodi mandat alendum.
\nnon tibi digna, puer, generis cunabula tanti
\ngramineos dedit herba toros et vimine querno
\ntexta domus; clausa arbutei sub cortice libri
\nmembra tepent, suadetque leves cava fistula somnos,
\net pecori commune solum, sed fata nec illum
\nconcessere larem: viridi nam caespite terrae
\nproiectum temere et patulo caelum ore trahentem
\ndira canum rabies, morsu depasta cruento,
\ndissicit. hic vero attonitas ut nuntius aures
\nmatris adit, pulsi ex animo genitorque pudorque
\net metus: ipsa ultro saevis plangoribus amens
\ntecta replet, vacuumque ferens velamine pectus
\noccurrit confessa patri; nec motus et atro
\nimperat\u2014infandum!\u2014cupientem occumbere leto.
\nsero memor thalami maestae solacia morti,
\nPhoebe, paras monstrum infandis Acheronte sub imo
\nconceptum Eumenidum thalamis, cui virginis ora
\npectoraque; aeternum stridens a veitice surgit
\net ferrugineam frontem discriminat anguis.
\nhaec tum dira lues nocturno squalida passu
\ninlabi thalamis, animasque a stirpe recentes
\nabripere altricum gremiis morsuque cruento
\ndevesei et multum patrio pinguescere luctu,
\nhaud tulit armorum praestans animique Coroebus
\nseque ultro lectis iuvenum, qui robore primi
\nfamam posthabita faciles extendere vita,
\nobtulit, illa novos ibat populata penates
\nportarum in bivio\u2014lateri duo corpora parvum
\ndependent, et iam unca manus vitalibus haeret
\nferratique ungues tenero sub corde tepescunt\u2014:
\nobvius huic, latus omne virum stipante corona,
\nfit iuvenis, ferrumque ingens sub pectore duro
\ncondidit, atque imas animae mucrone corusco
\nscrutatus latebras tandem sua monstra profundo
\nreddit habere Iovi. iuvat ire et visere iuxta
\nliventes in morte oculos uterique nefandam
\nproluviem et crasso squalentia pectora tabo,
\nqua nostrae cecidere animae, stupet Inacha pubes,
\nmagnaque post lacrimas etiamnum gaudia pallent.
\nhi trabibus duris, solacia vana dolori,
\nproterere exanimos artus asprosque molares
\ndeculcare genis: nequit iram explere potestas,
\nillam et nocturno circum stridore volantes
\nimpastae fugistis aves, rabidamque canum vim
\noraque sicca ferunt trepidorum inhiasse luporum,
\nsaevior in miseros, fatis ultricis ademptae
\nDelius insurgit, summaque biverticis umbra
\nParnassi residens arcu crudelis iniquo
\npestifera arma iacit, camposque et celsa Cyclopum
\ntecta superiecto nebularum incendit amictu,
\nlabuntur dulces animae, Mors fila Sororum
\nense metit captamque tenens fert manibus urbem,
\nquaerenti, quae causa, duci, quis ab aethere laevus
\nignis et in totum regnaret Sirius annum,
\nidem auctor Paean rursus iubet ire cruento
\ninferias monstro iuvenes, qui caede potiti,
\nfortunate animi longumque in saecula digne
\npromeriture diem! non tu pia degener arma
\nocculis aut certae trepidas occurrere morti.
\ncomminus ora ferens Cirrhaei in limine templi
\nconstitit et sacras ita vocibus asperat iras:
\n\u2018non missus, Thymbraee, tuos supplexve penates
\nadvenio: mea me pietas et conscia virtus
\nhas egere vias. ego sum, qui caede subegi,
\nPhoebe, tuum mortale nefas, quem nubibus atris
\net squalente die, nigra quem tabe sinistri
\nquaeris, inique, poli. quodsi monstra effera magnis
\ncara adeo superis, iacturaque vilior orbi
\nmors hominum et saevo tanta inclementia caelo est,
\nquid meruere Argi? me, me, divum optime, solum
\nobiecisse caput fatis praestabat, an illud
\nlene magis cordi, quod desolata domorum
\ntecta vides, ignique datis cultoribus omnis
\nlucet ager? sed quid fando tua tela manusque
\ndemoror? exspectant matres, supremaque fiunt
\nvota mihi. satis est: merui, ne parcere velles.
\nproinde move pharetras arcusque intende sonoros
\ninsignemque animam leto demitte; sed illum,
\npallidus Inachiis qui desuper imminet Argis,
\ndum morior, dispelle globum.\u2019
\nSors aequa merentes
\nrespicit, ardentem tenuit reverentia caedis
\nLetoiden, tristemque viro submissus honorem
\nlargitur vitae; nostro mala nubila caelo
\ndiffugiunt, at tu stupefacti a limine Phoebi
\nexoratus abis. inde haec stata sacra quotannis
\nsollemnes recolunt epulae, Phoebeaque placat
\ntempla novatus honos.<\/p>\n

DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 71. Translation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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