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Aeneid<\/em>\u00a02.199-231 (19 BC)<\/h3>\n

Laocoon and his sons are devoured by a pair of serpents at Poseidon’s altars on the Trojan coast in the last hours before the fall of Troy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hic aliud maius miseris multoque tremendum
\nobicitur magis atque improvida pectora turbat.
\nLaocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos,
\nsollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras.
\necce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta
\n(horresco referens) immensis orbibus angues
\nincumbunt pelago pariterque ad litora tendunt;
\npectora quorum inter fluctus arrecta iubaeque
\nsanguineae superant undas, pars cetera pontum
\npone legit sinuatque immensa volumine terga.
\nfit sonitus spumante salo; iamque arva tenebant
\nardentisque oculos suffecti sanguine et igni
\nsibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora.
\ndiffugimus visu exsangues. illi agmine certo
\nLaocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum
\ncorpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque
\nimplicat et miseros morsu depascitur artus;
\npost ipsum auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem
\ncorripiunt spirisque ligant ingentibus; et iam
\nbis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum
\nterga dati superant capite et cervicibus altis.
\nille simul manibus tendit divellere nodos
\nperfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno,
\nclamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit:
\nqualis mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram
\ntaurus et incertam excussit cervice securim.
\nat gemini lapsu delubra ad summa dracones
\neffugiunt saevaeque petunt Tritonidis arcem,
\nsub pedibusque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur.
\ntum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis
\ninsinuat pavor, et scelus expendisse merentem
\nLaocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur
\nlaeserit et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.<\/p>\n

DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 92. Translation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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