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Book 6 · lines 218–232
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218Planus erat lateque patens prope moenia campus,
219adsiduis pulsatus equis, ubi turba rotarum
220duraque mollierat subiectas ungula glaebas.
221Pars ibi de septem genitis Amphione fortes
222conscendunt in equos Tyrioque rubentia suco
223terga premunt auroque graves moderantur habenas.
224E quibus Ismenus, qui matri sarcina quondam
225prima suae fuerat, dum certum flectit in orbem
226quadrupedis cursus spumantiaque ora coercet,
227“ei mihi!” conclamat medioque in pectore fixa
228tela gerit, frenisque manu moriente remissis
229in latus a dextro paulatim defluit armo.
230Proximus, audito sonitu per inane pharetrae,
231frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum praescius imbris
232nube fugit visa pendentiaque undique rector