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365Forsitan et Pylius citra Troiana perisset
366tempora: sed sumpto posita conamine ab hasta
367arboris insiluit, quae stabat proxima, ramis
368despexitque, loco tutus, quem fugerat hostem.
369Dentibus ille ferox in querno stipite tritis
370inminet exitio fidensque recentibus armis
371Eurytidae magni rostro femur hausit adunco.
372At gemini, nondum caelestia sidera, fratres,
373ambo conspicui, nive candidioribus ambo
374vectabantur equis, ambo vibrata per auras
375hastarum tremulo quatiebant spicula motu.
376Vulnera fecissent, nisi saetiger inter opacas
377nec iaculis isset nec equo loca pervia silvas.
378Persequitur Telamon studioque incautus eundi
379pronus ab arborea cecidit radice retentus.