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177Verum ubi virtutem turbae succumbere vidit,
178“auxilium” Perseus “quoniam sic cogitis ipsi”
179dixit “ab hoste petam. Vultus avertite vestros,
180siquis amicus adest!” et Gorgonis extulit ora.
181“Quaere alium, tua quem moveant miracula” dixit
182Thescelus; utque manu iaculum fatale parabat
183mittere, in hoc haesit signum de marmore gestu.
184Proximus huic Ampyx animi plenissima magni
185pectora Lyncidae gladio petit; inque petendo
186dextera deriguit nec citra mota nec ultra est.
187At Nileus, qui se genitum septemplice Nilo
188ementitus erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem
189argento partim, partim caelaverat auro,
190“adspice” ait, “Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis:
191magna feres tacitas solacia mortis ad umbras,