P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 4.198-218

 

Tier 2

Iarbas, filius Iovis Hammonis et nymphae raptae ponit centum immania templa Iovī in regnō et posuit centum aras. sacraverat ignem vigilem et plurima animalia sacrificabat et limina erant plena floribus variīs.

 

isque (Iarbas), paene insanus et plenus irā propter rumorem Famae. ante aras divorum dicitur Iarban oravisse multa Iovem. "Iuppiter omnipotens, cui Maurusia gens, dum cenat in lectīs multicoloribus, dat vinum sacrum. aspicisne haec? an, genitor, horremus tē nequiquam cum fulmina iacis, et cum ignes in caelo et terrent animos et miscent murmura?

 

"Femina, quae errans, posuit urbem exiguam in periculo, cui litus arandum dedimus et cui dedimus leges locī, reppulit conubia nostra ac recepit dominum Aenean in regna sua.

 

"et nunc ille Paris cum sēmivirō comite, subnexus mentum crīnemque umidum Maeoniā mitrā habet raptam feminam; nōs quippe ferimus mūnera tuīs templīs et fovēmus inanem famam."

 

 

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