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692“Praebuimus longis” Pentheus “ambagibus aures”
693inquit “ut ira mora vires absumere posset.
694Praecipitem famuli rapite hunc cruciataque diris
695corpora tormentis Stygiae demittite nocti.”
696Protinus abstractus solidis Tyrrhenus Acoetes
697clauditur in tectis; et dum crudelia iussae
698instrumenta necis ferrumque ignesque parantur,
699sponte sua patuisse fores lapsasque lacertis
700sponte sua fama est nullo solvente catenas.
701Perstat Echionides. Nec iam iubet ire, sed ipse
702vadit, ubi electus facienda ad sacra Cithaeron
703cantibus et clara bacchantum voce sonabat.
704Ut fremit acer equus, cum bellicus aere canoro
705signa dedit tubicen, pugnaeque adsumit amorem,
706Penthea sic ictus longis ululatibus aether