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511Cognita res meritam vati per Achaidas urbes
512attulerat famam, nomenque erat auguris ingens.
513Spernit Echionides tamen hunc ex omnibus unus,
514contemptor superum, Pentheus, praesagaque ridet
515verba senis tenebrasque et cladem lucis ademptae
516obicit. Ille movens albentia tempora canis
517“quam felix esses, si tu quoque luminis huius
518orbus” ait “fieres, ne Bacchica sacra videres!
519Namque dies aderit, quam non procul auguror esse,
520qua novus huc veniat, proles Semeleia, Liber;
521quem nisi templorum fueris dignatus honore,
522mille lacer spargere locis et sanguine silvas
523foedabis matremque tuam matrisque sorores.
524Evenient; neque enim dignabere numen honore,
525meque sub his tenebris nimium vidisse quereris.”