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Metamorphoses\u00a0<\/em>3.28-98 (8 AD)<\/h3>\n

An elaborate account of Cadmus’ battle with the dragon.<\/em><\/p>\n

silva vetus stabat nulla violata securi,
\net specus in media virgis ac vimine densus
\nefficiens humilem lapidum conpagibus arcum
\nuberibus fecundus aquis; ubi conditus antro
\nMartius anguis erat, cristis praesignis et auro;
\nigne micant oculi, corpus tumet omne venenis,
\ntresque vibrant linguae, triplici stant ordine dentes.
\nquem postquam Tyria lucum de gente profecti
\ninfausto tetigere gradu, demissaque in undas
\nurna dedit sonitum, longo caput extulit antro
\ncaeruleus serpens horrendaque sibila misit.
\neffluxere urnae manibus sanguisque reliquit
\ncorpus et attonitos subitus tremor occupat artus.
\nille volubilibus squamosos nexibus orbes
\ntorquet et inmensos saltu sinuatur in arcus
\nac media plus parte leves erectus in auras
\ndespicit omne nemus tantoque est corpore, quanto,
\nsi totum spectes, geminas qui separat arctos.
\nnec mora, Phoenicas, sive illi tela parabant
\nsive fugam, sive ipse timor prohibebat utrumque,
\noccupat: hos morsu, longis conplexibus illos,
\nhos necat adflati funesta tabe veneni.
\nFecerat exiguas iam sol altissimus umbras:
\nquae mora sit sociis, miratur Agenore natus
\nvestigatque viros. tegumen derepta leoni
\npellis erat, telum splendenti lancea ferro
\net iaculum teloque animus praestantior omni.
\nut nemus intravit letataque corpora vidit
\nvictoremque supra spatiosi tergoris hostem
\ntristia sanguinea lambentem vulnera lingua,
\n‘aut ultor vestrae, fidissima pectora, mortis,
\naut comes’ inquit ‘ero.’ dixit dextraque molarem
\nsustulit et magnum magno conamine misit.
\nillius inpulsu cum turribus ardua celsis
\nmoenia mota forent, serpens sine vulnere mansit
\nloricaeque modo squamis defensus et atrae
\nduritia pellis validos cute reppulit ictus;
\nat non duritia iaculum quoque vicit eadem,
\nquod medio lentae spinae curvamine fixum
\nconstitit et totum descendit in ilia ferrum.
\nille dolore ferox caput in sua terga retorsit
\nvulneraque adspexit fixumque hastile momordit,
\nidque ubi vi multa partem labefecit in omnem,
\nvix tergo eripuit; ferrum tamen ossibus haesit.
\ntum vero postquam solitas accessit ad iras
\ncausa recens, plenis tumuerunt guttura venis,
\nspumaque pestiferos circumfluit albida rictus,
\nterraque rasa sonat squamis, quique halitus exit
\nore niger Stygio, vitiatas inficit auras.
\nipse modo inmensum spiris facientibus orbem
\ncingitur, interdum longa trabe rectior adstat,
\ninpete nunc vasto ceu concitus imbribus amnis
\nfertur et obstantis proturbat pectore silvas.
\ncedit Agenorides paulum spolioque leonis
\nsustinet incursus instantiaque ora retardat
\ncuspide praetenta: furit ille et inania duro
\nvulnera dat ferro figitque in acumine dentes.
\niamque venenifero sanguis manare palato
\ncoeperat et virides adspergine tinxerat herbas;
\nsed leve vulnus erat, quia se retrahebat ab ictu
\nlaesaque colla dabat retro plagamque sedere
\ncedendo arcebat nec longius ire sinebat,
\ndonec Agenorides coniectum in guttura ferrum
\nusque sequens pressit, dum retro quercus eunti
\nobstitit et fixa est pariter cum robore cervix.
\npondere serpentis curvata est arbor et ima
\nparte flagellari gemuit sua robora caudae.
\nDum spatium victor victi considerat hostis,
\nvox subito audita est; neque erat cognoscere promptum,
\nunde, sed audita est: ‘quid, Agenore nate, peremptum
\nserpentem spectas? et tu spectabere serpens.’<\/p>\n

DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 78. Translation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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