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64Fecerat haec notum Graias cum milite forti
65adventare rates, neque inexspectatus in armis
66hostis adest: prohibent aditus litusque tuentur
67Troes, et Hectorea primus fataliter hasta,
68Protesilae, cadis, commissaque proelia magno
69stant Danais, fortisque animae nece cognitus Hector.
70Nec Phryges exiguo, quid Achaica dextera possit
71sanguine senserunt. Et iam Sigea rubebant
72litora, iam leto proles Neptunia Cygnus
73mille viros dederat, iam curru instabat Achilles
74totaque Peliacae sternebat cuspidis ictu
75agmina, perque acies aut Cygnum aut Hectora quaerens
76congreditur Cygno (decimum dilatus in annum
77Hector erat): tum colla iugo canentia pressos
78exhortatus equos currum direxit in hostem