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194Ultus abit Tmolo liquidumque per aera vectus
195angustum citra pontum Nepheleidos Helles
196Laomedonteis Latoius adstitit arvis.
197Dextera Sigei, Rhoetei laeva profundi
198ara Panomphaeo vetus est sacrata Tonanti.
199Inde novae primum moliri moenia Troiae
200Laomedonta videt susceptaque magna labore
201crescere difficili nec opes exposcere parvas
202cumque tridentigero tumidi genitore profundi
203mortalem induitur formam Phrygiaeque tyranno
204aedificat muros, pactus pro moenibus aurum.
205Stabat opus: pretium rex infitiatur et addit,
206perfidiae cumulum, falsis periuria verbis.
207“Non impune feres” rector maris inquit et omnes
208inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Troiae,
209inque freti formam terras complevit opesque