Book 1.157-179
The remains of the Trojan fleet, led by Aeneas, make their way to the nearby shores of Africa. They find a peaceful cave to land their ships and come ashore as Achates starts a fire. They unload supplies from their ships.
Defessi Aeneadae, quae proxima litora, cursu
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contendunt petere, et Libyae vertuntur ad oras.
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Est in secessu longo locus: insula portum
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efficit obiectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto
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frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
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Hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur
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in caelum scopuli, quorum sub vertice late
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aequora tuta silent; tum silvis scaena coruscis
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desuper horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra.
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Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,
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intus aquae dulces vivoque sedilia saxo,
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nympharum domus: hic fessas non vincula naves
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ulla tenent, unco non alligat ancora morsu.
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Huc septem Aeneas collectis navibus omni
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ex numero subit; ac magno telluris amore
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egressi optata potiuntur Troes harena,
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et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt.
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Ac primum silici scintillam excudit Achates,
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succepitque ignem foliis, atque arida circum
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nutrimenta dedit, rapuitque in fomite flammam.
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Tum Cererem corruptam undis Cerealiaque arma
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expediunt fessi rerum, frugesque receptas
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et torrere parant flammis et frangere saxo.
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