P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 12.791–796
Iuppiter challenges Iūnō as she watches the battle from a golden cloud, asking how long she intends to oppose the fate that destines Aenēās for heaven.
Tier 1
Iuppiter, rēx Olympī omnipotentis, Iūnōnem vīdit. Iūnō in aureā nūbe stābat et pugnās spectābat. Iuppiter ad eam dīxit:
'quis fīnis erit, coniūnx? quid restat? tū ipsa scīs: Aenēās [deus locī futūrus] ad caelum ascendere dēbet — fāta hoc volunt. quid igitur parās? cūr adhūc in nūbibus manēs?'
Tier 2
rēx omnipotentis Olympī intereā Iūnōnem in aureā nūbe pugnās spectantem adloquitur:
'quī fīnis iam erit, coniūnx? quid dēnique restat? scīs ipsa — et scīre fatēris — Aenēān ad caelum ascendere dēbēre et fātīs ad sīdera tollī. quid parās? aut quā spē in nūbibus haerēs?'
Tier 3
rēx omnipotentis Olympī intereā Iūnōnem [dē] fulvā nūbe pugnās tuentem adloquitur:
'quae fīnis iam erit, coniūnx? quid dēnique restat? indigetem Aenēān dēbērī caelō fātīsque ad sīdera tollī et scīs ipsa et scīre fatēris. quid struis? aut quā spē in gelidīs nūbibus haerēs?'
Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum
- Iūnōnem intereā rēx omnipotentis Olympī
- adloquitur fulvā pugnās dē nūbe tuentem:
- 'quae iam fīnis erit, coniūnx? quid dēnique restat?
- indigetem Aenēān scīs ipsa et scīre fatēris
- dēbērī caelō fātīsque ad sīdera tollī.
- quid struis? aut quā spē gelidīs in nūbibus haerēs?
