Bella bis quinis operatus annis
Vltor Atrides Phrygiae ruinis
Fratris amissos thalamos piauit;
Ille dum Graiae dare uela classi
5 Optat et uentos redimit cruore,
Exuit patrem miserumque tristis
Foederat natae iugulum sacerdos,
Fleuit amissos Ithacus sodales
Quos ferus uasto recubans in antro
10 Mersit inmani Polyphemus aluo;
Sed tamen caeco furibundus ore
Gaudium maestis lacrimis rependit.
Herculem duri celebrant labores.
Ille Centauros domuit superbos,
15 Abstulit saeuo spolium leoni
Fixit et certis uolucres sagittis.
Poma cernenti rapuit draconi
Aureo laeuam grauior metallo,
Cerberum traxit triplici catena. [p. 362]
20 Victor immitem posuisse fertur
Pabulum saeuis dominum quadrigis.
Hydra combusto periit ueneno,
Fronte turpatus Achelous amnis
Ora demersit pudibunda ripis.
25 Strauit Antaeum Libycis harenis,
Cacus Euandri satiauit iras
Quosque pressurus foret altus orbis
Saetiger spumis umeros notauit.
Vltimus caelum 1 labor inreflexo
30 Sustulit collo pretiumque rursus
Vltimi caelum meruit laboris.
Ite nunc fortes ubi celsa magni
Ducit exempli uia! Cur inertes
Terga nudatis? Superata tellus
35 Sidera donat.
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