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146Hic labor, haec requiem multorum pugna dierum
147attulit, et positis pars utraque substitit armis.
148Dumque vigil Phrygios servat custodia muros
149et vigil Argolicas servat custodia fossas,
150festa dies aderat, qua Cygni victor Achilles
151Pallada mactatae placabat sanguine vaccae.
152Cuius ut inposuit prosecta calentibus aris
153et dis acceptus penetravit in aethera nidor,
154sacra tulere suam, pars est data cetera mensis.
155Discubuere toris proceres et corpora tosta
156carne replent vinoque levant curasque sitimque.
157Non illos citharae, non illos carmina vocum
158longave multifori delectat tibia buxi,
159sed noctem sermone trahunt, virtusque loquendi
160materia est: pugnas referunt hostisque suasque,