Vix ea fatus erat, cum circumfusa repente

scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum.

Restitit Aeneas claraque in luce refulsit,

os umerosque deo similis; namque ipsa decoram

caesariem nato genetrix lumenque iuventae590

purpureum et laetos oculis adflarat honores:

quale manus addunt ebori decus, aut ubi flavo

argentum Pariusve lapis circumdatur auro.

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    Suggested Citation

    Christopher Francese and Meghan Reedy, Vergil: Aeneid Selections. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-947822-08-5. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/zh-hans/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-i-586-593