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238Constitit adveniens citra limenque foresque
239et tantum caelo tegitur refugitque viriles
240contactus statuitque aras de caespite binas,
241dexteriore Hecates, ast laeva parte Iuventae.
242Has ubi verbenis silvaque incinxit agresti.
243haud procul egesta scrobibus tellure duabus
244sacra facit cultrosque in guttura velleris atri
245conicit et patulas perfundit sanguine fossas.
246Tum super invergens liquidi carchesia vini
247alteraque invergens tepidi carchesia lactis
248verba simul fudit terrenaque numina civit
249umbrarumque rogat rapta cum coniuge regem,
250ne properent artus anima fraudare senili.
251Quos ubi placavit precibusque et murmure longo,
252Aesonis effetum proferri corpus ad auras