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At vigil isdem ardet furiis Gradivus et acri
corde tumet nec ¹ quas acies, quae castra sequatur,
invenit; ire placet tandem ² praesensque tueri,
sternere si Minyas magnoque rependere luctu
5regis pacta queat Graiamque ³ absumere puppem.
impulit hinc currus, monstrum inrevocabile belli
concutiens, Scythiaeque super tentoria sistit.
protinus e castris fugit sopor: excita tela,
turbatique coire ⁴ duces; hos insuper ingens
10fama movet, rate quae sacra vulgabat Achivos
advenisse sui repetentes ⁵ vellera Phrixi,
quos malus hospitio iunctaque ad foedera dextra
luserit Aeetes atque in sua traxerit arma.

Ergo, consiliis dum nox vacat alta movendis,
15legatos placet ire duces, mandataque Perses
edocet, adfari Minyas fraudemque tyranni
ut moneant. quinam hinc animos averterit error?
se primum Haemoniis hortatum ea vellera terris
reddere et exuvias pecudis dimittere sacrae:
20hinc odium et tanti venisse exordia belli.
quin potius dextramque suam suaque arma sequantur,
[p. 132] aut remeent; neque enim Aeetae promissa fidenque
esse loco; abstineant alienae ⁶ sanguine pugnae.
non illos ideo ⁷ tanti venisse labores
25per maris. ignotis quid opus concurrere nec quos ⁸
oderis? haec medio Perses dum tempore mandat,
aureus effulsit ⁹ campis rubor, armaque et acres
sponte sua strepuere tubae. Mars saevus ab ¹⁰ altis
'hostis io' conclamat equis, 'agite ite,¹¹ propinquat',
30ac simul hinc Colchos, hinc fundit in aequora Persen.
tunc gens quaeque ¹² suis commisit proelia telis,
voxque dei pariter pugnas audita per omnes.

Hinc age Riphaeo quos videris orbe furores,
Musa, mone, quanto Scythiam molimine Perses
35concierit, quis fretus equis per bella virisque.
verum ego nec numero memorem nec nomine cunctos
mile vel ora movens; neque enim plaga gentibus ulla
ditior: aeterno quamnquam Maeotia pubes
Marte cadat, pingui numquam tamen ubere defit,
40quod geminas ¹³ arctos magnumque quod impleat anguem.
ergo duces solasque, deae, mihi promite gentes.

1 nec M2, ne V

2 tandem M2, tandemque V | tueri C, uideri V

3 graiamque M, gratamque V | pubem Ald.

4 turbatique coire Kr., cf. 232, Turbati coire V, Turbati coiere M2, vulgo

5 repetentes M2, repente V

6 alienae V, alienae a C

7 ideo V adeo C

8 quos M, qus V

9 effulsit M2, et fulsit V

10 ab M2, ob V

11 agite ite M2, agite ite ite V

12 tunc gens quaeque Meyncke, Tunc et quaeque V | telis Ald., terris V cf. Luc. VII 510 Illic quaeque suo miscet gens proelia telo

13 geminas M2, geminos V

C. Valerius Flaccus. Otto Kramer. C. Valeri Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon Libri Octo. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913.

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