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Argonautica<\/em> 2.451-578 (c.80 AD)<\/h3>\n

The most elaborate surviving account of the Sea-Monster-of-Troy episode.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alcides Telamonque comes dum litora blando
\nanfractu sinuosa legunt, vox accidit aures
\nflebile succedens, cum fracta remurmurat unda.
\nattoniti pressere gradum vacuumque secuntur
\nvocis iter. iam certa sonat, desertaque durae
\nvirgo neci quem non hominum superumque vocabat?
\nacrius hoc instare viri succurrere certi;
\nqualiter, implevit gemitu cum taurus acerbo
\navia frangentem morsu super alta leonem
\nterga ferens, coit e sparso concita mapali
\nagrestum manus et caeco clamore coloni.
\nconstitit Alcides, visuque enisus in alta
\nrupe truces manicas defectaque virginis ora
\ncernit et ad primos turgentia lumina flexus;
\nexanimum veluti multa tamen arte coactum
\nmaeret ebur, Pariusve notas et nomina sumit
\ncum lapis aut liquidi referunt miranda colores.
\nductor ait: ‘quod, virgo, tibi nomenque genusque,
\nquae sors ista, doce, tendunt cur vincula palmas?’
\nilla tremens tristique oculos deiecta pudore
\n‘non ego digna malis’ inquit; ‘suprema parentum
\ndona vides, ostro scopulos auroque frequentes.
\nnos Ili felix quondam genus, invida donec
\nLaomedonteos fugeret Fortuna penates.
\nprincipio morbi caeloque exacta sereno
\ntemperies, arsere rogis certantibus agri,
\ncum subitus fragor et fluctus Idaea moventes
\ncum stabulis nemora: ecce repens consurgere ponto
\nbelua, monstrum ingens; hanc tu nec montibus ullis
\nnec nostro metire mari. primaeva furenti
\nhuic manus amplexus inter planctusque parentum
\ndeditur. hoc sortes, hoc corniger imperat Hammon,
\nvirgineam damnare animam sortitaque Lethen
\ncorpora; crudelis scopulis me destinat urna.
\nverum o iam redeunt Phrygibus si numina tuque
\nille ades auguriis promisse et sorte deorum,
\niam cui candentes votivo in gramine pascit
\ncornipedes genitor, nostrae stata dona salutis,
\nadnue meque, precor, defectaque Pergama monstris
\neripe, namque potes. neque enim tam lata videbam
\npectora, Neptunus muros cum iungeret astris,
\nnec tales umeros pharetramque gerebat Apollo.’
\nauxerat haec locus et facies maestissima capti
\nlitoris et tumuli caelumque, quod incubat urbi,
\nquale laborantis Nemees iter aut Erymanthi
\nvidit et infectae miseratus flumina Lernae.
\nDat procul interea signum Neptunus, et una
\nmonstriferi mugire sinus Sigeaque pestis
\nadglomerare fretum, cuius stellantia glauca
\nlumina nube tremunt, atque ordine curva trisulco
\nfulmineus quatit ora fragor, pelagoque remenso
\ncauda redit, passosque sinus rapit ardua cervix.
\nillam incumbentem per mille volumina pontus
\nprosequitur lateri adsultans, trepidisque ruentem
\nlitoribus sua cogit hiems. non fluctibus aequis
\nnubiferi venit unda Noti, non Africus alto
\ntantus ovat patriisque manus cum plenus habenis
\nOrion bipedum flatu mare tollit equorum.
\necce ducem placitae furiis crudescere pugnae
\nsurgentemque toris stupet immanemque paratu
\nAeacides pulsentque graves ut terga pharetrae.
\nille patrem pelagique deos suaque arma precatus
\ninsiluit scopulo, motumque e sedibus aequor
\nhorruit et celsi spatiosa volumina monstri.
\nqualis ubi a gelidi Boreas convallibus Hebri
\ntollitur et volucres Riphaea per ardua nubes
\npraecipitat piceo necdum tenet omnia caelo,
\nilla simul molem horrificam scopulosaque terga
\npromovet ingentique umbra subit. intremere Ide
\ninlidique rates pronaeque resurgere turres.
\noccupat Alcides arcum totaque pharetrae
\nnube premit. non illa magis quam sede movetur
\nmagnus Eryx, deferre velint quem vallibus imbres.
\niam brevis et telo volucri non utilis aer.
\ntum vero fremitus vanique insania coepti
\net tacitus pudor et rursus pallescere virgo.
\nproicit arma manu, scopulos vicinaque saxa
\nrespicit, et quantum ventis adiuta vetustas
\nimpulerit pontive fragor, tantum abscidit imi
\nconcutiens a sede maris. iamque agmine toto
\npistris adest miseraeque inhiat iam proxima praedae.
\nstat mediis elatus aquis recipitque ruentem
\nAlcides saxoque prior surgentia colla
\nobruit; hinc vastos nodosi roboris ictus
\ncongeminat, fluctus done defertur in imos
\niam totis resoluta vadis; Idaeaque mater
\net chorus et summis ulularunt collibus Amnes.
\nprotinus e scopulis et opaca valle resurgunt
\npastores magnisque petunt clamoribus urbem.
\nnuntius hinc socios Telamon vocat, ac simul ipsi
\nhorrescunt subitoque vident in sanguine puppem.
\nnec minus in scopulos crudique cacumina saxi
\nemicat Alcides vinclisque tenentibus aufert
\nvirgineas de rupe manus aptatque superbis
\narma umeris. regem inde petens superabat ovante
\nlitora tuta gradu, qualis per pascua victor
\ningreditur, tum colla tumens, tum celsior armis
\ntaurus, ubi adsueti pecoris stabula alta revisit
\net patrium nemus et bello quos ultus amores.
\nObvia cui contra longis emissa tenebris
\nturba Phrygum parvumque trahens cum coniuge natum
\nLaomedon; iam maestus equos, iam debita posci
\ndona gemit. pars aerii fastigia muri
\ncingit et ignotis iuvenem mirantur in armis.
\nillum torva tuens atque acri lubricus astu
\nrex subit et patrio fatur male laetus amore:
\n‘maxime Graiugenum, quem non Sigea petentem
\nlitora nec nostrae miserantem funera Troiae
\nadpulit his fors ipsa locis, si vera parentem
\nfama Iovem summique tibi genus esse Tonantis,
\nnoster ades iunctisque venis: sator unus et idem
\nstirpis honos, quamquam longis disiungimur oris.
\nquot mihi post lacrimas, post quanta piacula patrum
\nserus ades, quam parva tuis iam gloria factis.
\nverum age nunc socios fraternis moenibus infer;
\ncrastina lux biiuges stabulis ostendat apertis.’
\ndixerat haec tacitusque dolos dirumque volutat
\ncorde nefas, clausum ut thalamis somnoque gravatum
\nimmolet et rapta ludat responsa pharetra;
\nnamque bis Herculeis deberi Pergama telis
\naudierat. Priami sed quis iam vertere regnis
\nfata queat? manet immotis nox \u2020turica\u2020 lustris
\net genus Aeneadum et Troiae melioris honores.
\n‘nos’ ait ‘ad Scythici’ Tirynthius ‘ostia ponti
\nraptat iter; mox huc vestras revehemur ad oras
\ndonaque dicta feram.’ turn vero plura vocatis
\nadnuit ille deis. promissa infida tyranni
\niam Phryges et miserae flebant discrimina Troiae.<\/p>\n

DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 106. Translation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Argonautica 2.451-578 (c.80 AD) The most elaborate surviving account of the Sea-Monster-of-Troy episode. 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