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260Iamque fatigatum tellus Aetnaea tenebat
261Daedalon, et sumptis pro supplice Cocalus armis
262mitis habebatur, iam lamentabile Athenae
263pendere desierant Thesea laude tributum.
264Templa coronantur, bellatricemque Minervam
265cum Iove disque vocant aliis, quos sanguine voto
266muneribusque datis et acerris turis honorant.
267Sparserat Argolicas nomen vaga fama per urbes
268Theseos, et populi, quos dives Achaia cepit,
269huius opem magnis imploravere periclis.
270Huius opem Calydon, quamvis Meleagron haberet,
271sollicita supplex petiit prece. Causa petendi
272sus erat, infestae famulus vindexque Dianae.
273Oenea namque ferunt pleni successibus anni
274primitias frugum Cereri, sua vina Lyaeo,