Book 11.556-566
Metabus offered his daughter to the service of Diana, then hurled the spear and Camilla across the river. Then he crossed the river.
quam dextra ingenti librans ita ad aethera fatur:
556
‘Alma, tibi hanc, nemorum cultrix, Latonia virgo,
557
ipse pater famulam voveo; tua prima per auras
558
tela tenens supplex hostem fugit. Accipe, testor,
559
diva tuam, quae nunc dubiis committitur auris.’
560
Dixit et adducto contortum hastile lacerto
561
immittit: sonuere undae, rapidum super amnem
562
infelix fugit in iaculo stridente Camilla.
563
At Metabus, magna propius iam urgente caterva,
564
dat sese fluvio atque hastam cum virgine victor
565
gramineo donum Triviae de caespite vellit.
566
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