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Book 12 · lines 580–594
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580At deus, aequoreas qui cuspide temperat undas,
581in volucrem corpus nati Phaethontida versum
582mente dolet patria saevumque perosus Achillem
583exercet memores plus quam civiliter iras,
584iamque fere tracto duo per quinquennia bello
585talibus intonsum conpellat Sminthea dictis:
586“O mihi de fratris longe gratissime natis,
587inrita qui mecum posuisti moenia Troiae,
588ecquid, ubi has iamiam casuras adspicis arces,
589ingemis? Aut ecquid tot defendentia muros
590milia caesa doles? Ecquid, ne persequar omnes,
591Hectoris umbra subit circum sua Pergama tracti?
592cum tamen ille ferox belloque cruentior ipso
593vivit adhuc, operis nostri populator, Achilles.
594Det mihi se! faxo, triplici quid cuspide possim,