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81Talia dicenti curarum maxima nutrix
82nox intervenit, tenebrisque audacia crevit.
83Prima quies aderat, qua curis fessa diurnis
84pectora somnus habet: thalamos taciturna paternos
85intrat et (heu facinus!) fatali nata parentem
86crine suum spoliat praedaque potita nefanda
87per medios hostes (meriti fiducia tanta est)
88pervenit ad regem. Quem sic adfata paventem est:
89“Suasit amor facinus. Proles ego regia Nisi
90Scylla tibi trado patriaeque meosque penates.
91Praemia nulla peto nisi te. Cape pignus amoris
92purpureum crinem, nec me nunc tradere crinem,
93sed patrium tibi crede caput.” Scelerataque dextra
94munera porrexit. Minos porrecta refugit
95turbatusque novi respondit imagine facti: