'Ō dea, sī prīmā repetēns ab orīgine pergam
et vacet annālēs nostrōrum audīre labōrum,
ante diem clausō compōnet Vesper Olympō.
Nōs Trōiā antīquā, sī vestrās forte per aurēs375
Trōiae nōmen iit, dīversa per aequora vectōs
forte suā Libycīs tempestās appulit ōrīs.
Sum pius Aenēās, raptōs quī ex hoste Penātēs
classe vehō mēcum, fāmā super aethera nōtus;
Ītaliam quaerō patriam, et genus ab Iove summō.380
Bis dēnīs Phrygium cōnscendī nāvibus aequor,
mātre deā mōnstrante viam data fāta secūtus;
vix septem convulsae undīs Eurōque supersunt.
ipse ignōtus, egēns, Libyae dēserta peragrō,
Eurōpā atque Asiā pulsus.' Nec plūra querentem385
passa Venus mediō sīc interfāta dolōre est:
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