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Book 12 · lines 1–15
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1Nescius adsumptis Priamus pater Aesacon alis
2vivere lugebat, tumulo quoque nomen habenti
3inferias dederat cum fratribus Hector inani.
4Defuit officio Paridis praesentia tristi,
5postmodo qui rapta longum cum coniuge bellum
6attulit in patriam; coniurataeque sequuntur
7mille rates gentisque simul commune Pelasgae.
8Nec dilata foret vindicta, nisi aequora saevi
9invia fecissent venti Boeotaque tellus
10Aulide piscosa puppes tenuisset ituras.
11Hic patrio de more Iovi cum sacra parassent,
12ut vetus accensis incanduit ignibus ara,
13serpere caeruleum Danai videre draconem
14in platanum, coeptis quae stabat proxima sacris.
15Nidus erat volucrum bis quattuor arbore summa: