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Book 6 · lines 146–161
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146Lydia tota fremit, Phrygiaeque per oppida facti
147rumor it et magnum sermonibus occupat orbem.
148Ante suos Niobe thalamos cognoverat illam,
149tum cum Maeoniam virgo Sipylumque colebat;
150nec tamen admonita est poena popularis Arachnes
151cedere caelitibus verbisque minoribus uti.
152Multa dabant animos: sed enim nec coniugis artes
153nec genus amborum magnique potentia regni
154sic placuere illi, quamvis ea cuncta placerent,
155ut sua progenies; et felicissima matrum
156dicta foret Niobe, si non sibi visa fuisset.
157Nam sata Tiresia venturi praescia Manto
158per medias fuerat divino concita motu
159vaticinata vias: “Ismenides, ite frequentes
160et date Latonae Latonigenisque duobus
161cum prece tura pia lauroque innectite crinem.