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Argonautica<\/em> 8.54-121 (80 AD)<\/h3>\n

An expansive and engaging account of the Dragon of Colchis episode.<\/em><\/p>\n

Haec ait atque furens rapido per devia passu
\ntollitur. ille haeret comes et miseratur euntem,
\ncum subito ingentem media inter nubila flammam
\nconspicit et saeva vibrantes luce tenebras.
\n\u2018quis rubor iste poli? quod tam lugubre refulsit
\nsidus?\u2019 ait. reddit trepido cui talia virgo:
\nipsius en oculos et lumina torva draconis
\naspicis; ille suis haec vibrat fulgura cristis:
\nme patiens contra solam videt ac vocat ultro,
\nceu solet, et blanda poscit me pabula lingua.
\ndic age nunc, utrum vigilanti hostemque videnti
\nexuvias auferre velis, an lumina somno
\nmergimus et domitum potius tibi tradimus anguem?\u2019
\nille silet: tantus subiit tum virginis horror.
\nIamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
\ncarmina barbarico fundens pede, teque ciebat,
\nSomne pater: \u2018Somne omnipotens, te Colchis ab omni
\norbe voco inque unum iubeo nunc ire draconem,
\nquae freta saepe tuo domui, quae nubila cornu
\nfulminaque et toto quicquid micat aethere; sed nunc,
\nnunc age maior ades fratrique simillime Leto.
\nte quoque, Phrixeae pecudis fidissime custos,
\ntempus ab hac oculos tandem deflectere cura.
\nquem metuis me adstante dolum? servabo parumper
\nipsa nemus; longum interea tu pone laborem.\u2019
\nille haut Aeolio discedere fessus ab auro
\nnec dare permissae, quamvis iuvet, ora quieti
\nsustinet; ac primi percussus nube soporis
\nhorruit et dulces excussit ab arbore somnos.
\ncontra Tartareis Colchis spumare venenis
\ncunctaque Lethaei quassare silentia rami
\nperstat et adverso luctantia lumina cantu
\nobruit atque omnem linguaque manuque fatigat
\nvim Stygiam, ardentes donee sopor occupet iras.
\niamque altae cecidere iubae, nutatque coactum
\niam caput atque ingens extra sua vellera cervix,
\nceu refluens Padus aut septem proiectus in amnes
\nNilus et Hesperium veniens Alpheos in orbem.
\nipsa caput cari postquam Medea draconis
\nvidit humi, fusis circum proiecta lacertis
\nseque suumque simul flevit crudelis aluminum:
\n\u2018non ego te sera talem sub nocte videbam
\nsacra ferens epulasque tibi, nee talis hianti
\nmella dabam ac nostris nutribam fida venenis.
\nquam gravida nunc mole iaces, quam segnis inertem
\nflatus habet; nec te saltem, miserande, peremi.
\nheu saevum passure diem: iam nulla videbis
\nvellera, nulla tua fulgentia dona sub umbra.
\ncede adeo inque aliis senium nunc digere lucis
\nimmemor, oro, mei, nec me tua sibila toto
\nexagitent infesta mari. sed tu quoque cunctas,
\nAesonide, dimitte moras atque effuge raptis
\nvelleribus. patrios exstinxi noxia tauros;
\nterrigenas in fata dedi; fusum ecce draconis
\ncorpus habes, iamque omne nefas, iam, spero, peregi.\u2019
\nquaerenti tunc deinde viam, qua se arduus heros
\nferret ad aurigerae caput arboris,\u2019eia, per ipsum
\nscande age et adverso gressus\u2019 ait \u2018imprime dorso.\u2019
\nnec mora fit. dictis fidens Cretheia proles
\ncalcat et aeriam quamvis perfertur ad ornum,
\ncuius adhuc rutilam servabant bracchia pellem,
\nnubibus accensis similem aut cum veste recincta
\nlabitur ardenti Thaumantias obvia Phoebo.
\ncorripit optatum decus extremumque laborem
\nAesonides, longosque sibi gestata per annos
\nPhrixeae monumenta fugae vix reddidit arbor
\ncum gemitu, tristesque super coiere tenebrae.
\negressi\u2026<\/p>\n

DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 89. Translation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Argonautica 8.54-121 (80 AD) An expansive and engaging account of the Dragon of Colchis episode. 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