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Weapons decorate Latinus' doorposts. It was here that Picus sat before he was changed by Circe into a woodpecker.
Multaque praeterea sacris in postibus arma,
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captivi pendent currus curvaeque secures
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et cristae capitum et portarum ingentia claustra
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spiculaque clipeique ereptaque rostra carinis.
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Ipse Quirinali lituo parvaque sedebat
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succinctus trabea laevaque ancile gerebat
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Picus, equum domitor; quem capta cupidine coniunx
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aurea percussum virga versumque venenis
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fecit avem Circe sparsitque coloribus alas.
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