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Book 13 · lines 98–112
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98Conferat his Ithacus Rhesum imbellemque Dolona
99Priamidenque Helenum rapta cum Pallade captum:
100luce nihil gestum est, nihil est Diomede remoto.
101Si semel ista datis meritis tam vilibus arma,
102dividite, et pars sit maior Diomedis in illis!
103Quo tamen haec Ithaco, qui clam, qui semper inermis
104rem gerit et furtis incautum decipit hostem?
105Ipse nitor galeae claro radiantis ab auro
106insidias prodet manifestabitque latentem.
107Sed neque Dulichius sub Achillis casside vertex
108pondera tanta feret, nec non onerosa gravisque
109Pelias hasta potest imbellibus esse lacertis,
110nec clipeus vasti concretus imagine mundi
111conveniet timidae nataeque ad furta sinistrae:
112debilitaturum quid te petis, Improbe, munus?