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Book 8 · lines 796–810
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796Et dedit. Illa dato subvecta per aera curru
797devenit in Scythiam rigidique cacumine montis
798(Caucason appellant) serpentum colla levavit
799quaesitamque Famem lapidoso vidit in agro
800unguibus et raras vellentem dentibus herbas.
801Hirtus erat crinis, cava lumina, pallor in ore,
802labra incana situ, scabrae rubigine fauces,
803dura cutis, per quam spectari viscera possent;
804ossa sub incurvis exstabant arida lumbis,
805ventris erat pro ventre locus, pendere putares
806pectus et a spinae tantummodo crate teneri.
807Auxerat articulos macies, genuumque tumebat
808orbis, et inmodico prodibant tubere tali.
809Hanc procul ut vidit (neque enim est accedere iuxta
810ausa), refert mandata deae: paulumque morata,