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404Iamque aderat Theseus, proles ignara parenti,
405et virtute sua bimarem pacaverat Isthmon.
406Huius in exitium miscet Medea quod olim
407attulerat secum Scythicis aconiton ab oris.
408Illud Echidneae memorant e dentibus ortum
409esse canis. Specus est tenebroso caecus hiatu,
410est via declivis, per quam Tirynthius heros
411restantem contraque diem radiosque micantes
412obliquantem oculos nexis adamante catenis
413Cerberon abstraxit; rabida qui concitus ira
414implevit pariter ternis latratibus auras
415et sparsit virides spumis albentibus agros.
416Has concresse putant nactasque alimenta feracis
417fecundique soli vires cepisse nocendi.
418Quae quia nascuntur dura vivacia caute,
419agrestes aconita vocant. Ea coniugis astu