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183Daedalus interea Creten longumque perosus
184exsilium tactusque loci natalis amore
185clausus erat pelago. “Terras licet” inquit “et undas
186obstruat: at caelum certe patet; ibimus illac.
187Omnia possideat, non possidet aera Minos.”
188Dixit et ignotas animum dimittit in artes
189naturamque novat. Nam ponit in ordine pennas,
190a minima coeptas, longam breviore sequenti,
191ut clivo crevisse putes. Sic rustica quondam
192fistula disparibus paulatim surgit avenis.
193Tum lino medias et ceris adligat imas,
194atque ita compositas parvo curvamine flectit,
195ut veras imitetur aves. Puer Icarus una
196stabat et, ignarus sua se tractare pericla,
197ore renidenti modo, quas vaga moverat aura,
198captabat plumas, flavam modo pollice ceram