Book 2.152-161
Sinon prays to the stars for the ability to break his oath to the Greeks.
Dixerat. Ille, dolis instructus et arte Pelasga,
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sustulit exutas vinclis ad sidera palmas:
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“Vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum
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testor numen,” ait, “vos arae ensesque nefandi,
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quos fugi, vittaeque deum, quas hostia gessi:
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fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere iura,
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fas odisse viros, atque omnia ferre sub auras,
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si qua tegunt; teneor patriae nec legibus ullis.
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Tu modo promissis maneas, servataque serves
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Troia fidem, si vera feram, si magna rependam.
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