Book 1.113-123
Aeneas sees the devastation suffered by his fleet. Several Trojan ships are seemingly destroyed.
Unam, quae Lycios fidumque vehebat Oronten,
113
ipsius ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus
114
in puppim ferit: excutitur pronusque magister
115
volvitur in caput; ast illam ter fluctus ibidem
116
torquet agens circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex.
117
Adparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto,
118
arma virum, tabulaeque, et Troia gaza per undas.
119
Iam validam Ilionei navem, iam fortis Achati,
120
et qua vectus Abas, et qua grandaevus Aletes,
121
vicit hiems; laxis laterum compagibus omnes
122
accipiunt inimicum imbrem, rimisque fatiscunt.
123
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