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Qua protenta iacent vastae divortia terrae

et qua praecipiti volvuntur prona meatu

flumina per terras, qua priscis inclyta muris

oppida nituntur, genus hoc procul omne animantum

5qua colit, Aoniis perget stilus impiger orsis.

ardua res, musae. deus, en deus intrat Apollo

pectora, fatidicae quatiens penetralia Cirrhae.

Pierides, toto celeres Helicone venite,

concinat et Phoebo vester chorus; Oceanumque,

10carminis auspicium, primum memorate camenae.

Oceani nam terra salo praecingitur omnis,

parva ut caeruleo caput effert insula ponto:

nec tamen extremo teres est situs undique in orbe,

qua colitur populis, qua tellus paret aratro;

15sed, matutino qua caelum sole rubescit,

latior, accisi curvatur caespitis arvo,

cetera protentus. tria sunt confinia terrae

unius: est primum Libyae Europaeque Asiaeque.

Aequore ab Hesperio qua se salis insinuat vis,

20terrarumque cavis illabitur, arduus Atlas

qua iuga celsa tumet, Libyae sese explicat ora:

finis huic Gades, septenaque gurgite vasto

ora procul Nili, Phariorum ubi gleba recumbit,

et Pelusiaci celebrantur templa Canopi.

25Europaeque dehinc laevum est latus: at procul ambas

una Asia, inclinans geminis se cornibus, urget

desuper, ac rupti divortia continet orbis.

Europam atque Asiam Tanais disterminat amnis

hic se Sarmaticis evolvens finibus alta

30scissus Araseo prius aequore, iam suus unda

effluit in Scythiam: procul hinc Maeotida Tethyn

intrat, et inserto freta pellit vasta fluento,

Ismaricique riget semper flabris aquilonis.

at qua piscosi gurges strepit Hellesponti,

35vis obliqua sali tepidum procumbit in austrum,

terrarumque trium modus est mare, donec in alti

ora procul Nili late Thetis efflua serpat.

altera pars orbem telluris limite findit.

caespes terga iacens Asiae succedit in oras,

40immensusque modi protenditur. hic latus artans

Caspia contingit freta desuper, atque tumenti

proximus Euxino est: Asiam conterminus iste

Europamque secat. tellus sese altera in austrum

porrigit, insertoque sinus interiacet agro

45aestuat); et Libycis Asiam discernit ab oris

sic diversa fuit sententia, rite quis orbi

limes haberetur. totum hoc circumlatrat aestus,

et maris infesti moles ligat. una furenti

natura est pelago, pelagi sed nomina mille,

50aequor ut innumeris terrarum admoverit oris.

qua se blanda satis intendunt flabra favoni,

Hesperium Oceano mare terras intrat ab alto.

axe Lycaoniae rursum facis, atque ubi dura

belligeratores nutrit tellus Arimaspas,

55nomine Saturni late iacet aequoris unda.

hic densata sali stant marmora, pigraque ponti

se natura tenet, numquam ruit effluus umor:

mortuus hic Graio perhibetur gurges in usu

denique, quod lento stupeat plaga salsa profundo,

60vel quod sole carens pars orbis taetra rigescat.

vis hebes has oras ardor Titanius afflat,

vis evecta dies illuminat, omneque late

at qua prima dies rutilo sustollitur ortu,

aureus et tremulas late rubor inficit undas,

65Eoum pelagus, freta dicunt Indica pandi.

propter Erythraei tenduntur dorsa profundi,

Aethiopumque salum diffunditur. hic notus aethram

urit, et hic aestu radiorum Phoebus anhelo

arva coquit: sterilis regio est, et inhospita late

70aret humus, cassaeque solo torrentur harenae.

Oceanus sic cuncta vago complectitur aestu,

undique sic unus terras interminus ambit,

innumerosque sinus cavat illabentibus undis

desuper: e multis celebri sub nomine tantum

75quattuor infuso late sale terga dehiscunt.

primus in orbe sinus vasti maris aequora gignit,

gurgitis Hesperii: procul hic protentus in ortus

faucibus a Libycis aestum trahit, atque ubi laetam

caespite sub pingui pandit Pamphylia glebam,

80deficit, et curva sinvatur litoris ora.

alter item est primo brevior, maiorque duobus.

hic prolapsus aquaest, boreali fusus ab alto,

terga procelloso turgescit Caspia fluctu.

Hyrcanum hoc pelagus pars nominat. hinc duo rursum

85ora patent ponti: geminus sinus aequoris intrat,

telluremque cavat, qua se notus axe tepenti

erigit. horum unus vada longe Persica fundit,

Caspia conversus procul in freta; porrigiturque

quartus Arabs, tumet hic rapido per aperta fluento,

90Eusinumque salum videt eminus. en tibi rursum

aequoris Hesperii tractus loquar: istius unda

lambit terga soli, qua se vagus explicat orbis.

nam vel caeruleo loca circumplectitur aestu,

vel celso demissa iugo confinia radit,

95moenia vel fusi praestringit gurgite ponti.

in zephyrum tellus extenditur, oraque terrae

ultima proceras subducit in astra columnas.

Hic modus est orbis Gadir locus, hic tumet Atlas

arduus, hic duro torquetur cardine caelum,

100hic circumfusis vestitur nubibus axis.

et primum ruptas se pontus Hibericus illinc

inserit in terras: caput autem principiumque

Europae et Libyae est. mediis infunditur oris,

irrepitque salum. scopuli stant ardui utrimque:

105unus enim Europam, Libyam procul aspicit alter.

sic discreta freto procera cacumina celsis

emicuere iugis, sic intrant saxa profundum,

sic subeunt nubes, sic caelum vertice fulcit

Maura Abila, et dorso consurgit Hiberica Calpe.

110Gallicus hinc aestus provolvitur. hic super urbem

Massiliam gens Graia colit, Ligurumque tumescit

aequor, et indomito tellus iacet Itala regno.

Ausonis haec regio est; pubi genus ab Iove summo.

qua se flabra trucis boreae per inhospita terrae

115eructant caelo, populis caput Aeneadarum,

alba dehinc cautes est terminus: haec freta propter

Trinacriae summa consurgit litoris ora.

evolvuntur item vada fusi caerula ponti;

insula qua Cyrnus fluctu madet alludente,

120litoris ostriferi protendens latius undam,

Sardiniamque dehinc moles circumflua cingit

aequoris, et cano spumant freta concita fluctu.

hinc Tyrrhena sali sunt agmina, qua notus axem

umidus inclinat: qua lux se rursus eoa

125emergit pelago, Siculi maris aestuat unda,

obliquumque quatit gurges protentior altum

usque in saxosi Pachyni iuga. plurimus inde

in Cretam trahitur ponti tumor: hicque procul se

inclinat rupes, atque obvia fluctibus altis

130ingreditur pelagus Gortynia moenia iuxta,

ac procumbentis sola propter pinguia Phaesti.

Prona mari cautes extenditur, ut ferus ora

est aries, ultroque minax petit obvia fronte:

denique sic olli nomen prior indidit aetas:

135nec minus Italiam cornu prospectat acuto

litoris, et rapidi perflatur Iapygis ore.

hinc se rursus aquis Hadriatica marmora fundunt

in borean, zephyrumque dehinc deflexa parumper

alta petunt, rauco penitus repentia fluctu:

140hic sinus Ionius curvatur litoris acta,

caespitis et gemini tellus irrumpitur alto.

nam qua caeruleis pontus sese inserit undis,

Illyris in dextris pandit regionibus agros,

Emathiamque super sulcat genus acre virorum:

145Ausonidum laevast. hinc longo caespite tellus

funditur, et varia populorum pube domantur

arva soli. trina haec pelagi circumtonat unda.

nam qua se zephyri sustollunt flabra, profundum

Tyrrheni est pelagi; qua se notus erigit aethra,

150Sicanum late fluitat mare: qua procul autem

spirat ab eois pulcher regionibus eurus,

Ionii sunt terga sali. sic Itala tellus

a circumfusis latus amplum lambitur undis.

efflua post Siculi moles evolvitur alti,

155inque notum late vada ponti caerula serpunt,

donec harenosae se attollant aequore Syrtes,

infidumque rati tenuent mare. languida quippe

aequore iam fesso sese trahit unda per ambas.

montibus ab Siculis capit autem prona meatum,

160Cretaeisque iugis mox Syrtes inter oberrat

parcior, et tenui praetexens ima fluento.

rursus ab Idaea Salmonide porrigit aequor

se geminum: nautae Pharium dixere profundum,

quod procul in Casiae vergit confinia cautis:

165Sidoniique dehinc late salis aestuat unda,

Issicus immodico donec sinus ore patescat,

aequoris et nostri sit terminus: arva ubi late

pinguia proceris Cilicum versantur aratris.

curva salo forma est: hinc sese marmora ponti

170in zephyrum torquent, ac flexu lubricus errat

gurges, et exesas illabitur unda lacunas.

sic virosorum prolixa volumina sese

sponte cerastorum facili sub viscere curvant;

sic spiras crebro sinvat draco, seque vel orbe

175colligit inclinans, vel pronis agmina longe

tractibus absolvit: stridet nemus undique totum,

pestifero afflatu serpens vagus inquinat aethram.

haut secus illapso penetrantur litora fluctu,

et rursum tellus init aequora: iugis ubique

180mugitus pelago est, gemitu loca cuncta resultant.

Imminet huic late Pamphylia, subluit illic

unda Chelidonias, illisum murmurat aequor,

saepius et crebra spumescunt aequora rupe,

terminus his cautis Patareidis eminet arcis.

185ac rursum in zephyrum vada semet caerula curvant.

hinc salis Aegaei tractus tonat, inque Bootis

plaustra dehinc rapidi flectuntur marmora Nerei,

saxosis Sporadum saepe obluctantia ripis.

non aliud tanta consurgit mole profundum,

190non sic curva Thetis fluctu tumet: extimus olli

in Tenedum cursus, pelagi caput incipit Imbro.

caespitis hinc proni protendens dorsa Propontis,

flatibus ex boreae tepidum procumbit in austrum,

immensaeque Asiae populos alit ubere terrae.

195hinc artas inter fauces atque obvia saxa

Thracius angustas discludit Bosphorus oras,

Bosphorus Inachiae subuector virginis olim.

nam vicina sibi stant litora; terraque parci

faucibus oris hiat, pronam sinus evomit undam:

200proxima non alibi tantum divortia cernas

caespitis: hac pecoris cursu sternacis in aequor

Inachis illata est; sic pectus canduit ira,

Paelicis et tanto divam dolor extulit igni.

illic instabili fama est sale saxa moveri,

205inferrique sibi flabris urgentibus oras:

hic rigidas errare ferunt per marmora cautes,

et nunc ora sali vastas praetendere rupes,

nunc aperire sinum: gemit amplo murmure pontus,

seu quod collisas Thetis indignata per arces

210saeviat obiectis; seu quod brevis exitus undas

exerat, et strictis eructet faucibus aequor.

interius lato pontus se gurgite fundit,

undarumque procul latus explicat, aurea Phoebi

qua rota purpureo repetit convexa sub ortu.

215sic obliqua maris panduntur denique dorsa,

ut matutinis inclinent aequora habenis,

longior aut boreae concedat gurges in axem.

Pontus enim nostrae sinus est amplissimus undae.

Huic Asia ab laevis praecingitur Europamque

220excipit, adversusque dehinc se Thracius artat

Bosphorus et tenui vix panditur oris hiatu

at qua diducto pontus distenditur aestu,

et porrecta mari terrae iuga longius intrant

in pelagus, tractuque vago sua litora linquunt,

225caespite Paphlagonum prodit saxosa Carambis.

altera se cautes similis procul arietis ori,

dura pruinoso qua torpet Taurica caelo,

exerit, et tenta late premit aequora fronte.

eminus ista notum videt, arctos eminus illa.

230porro inter fluctus ac fusi marmora ponti

proxima celsorum sic sunt sibi dorsa iugorum,

quamuis vasta sali moles interfluit arces,

ut gemini sit forma maris. sed brachia pontus,

finibus arctois, eoae lucis in ortum,

235et qua prona dies atris involvitur umbris,

molliter inclinans, Scythici speciem facit arcus;

at tepidi de parte noti directior oram,

continuumque iacens, rigidi sub imagine nervi

tenditur: excedit confinia sola Carambis

240in borean vergens. boreali rursus in arcto

ore sinus patulo Maeotidis alta paludis

aequora prorumpunt: Scytha late barbarus oras

incolit, et matrem ponti cognominat undam.

sola parens ponto, genetrix haec sola fluentost:

245hoc se fonte trahunt vaga glauci marmora ponti,

Cimmerio prolapsa sinu; nam Bosphorus illic

Cimmerius fauces aperit: circumque superque

Cimmeris, gens dura, colunt. hic ardua Taurus

in iuga consurgit, caelumque cacumine fulcit

250verticis, et celsis late caput inserit astris.

huc, mirante salo, quondam sese intulit Argo

Thessala, et innantem stupuerunt aequora cumbam.

sic vasti moles pelagi interfunditur oras:

sic se forma maris toto procul explicat orbe.

255Nunc tibi tellurem versu loquar: incute docto,

Phoebe, chelyn plectro. musis intermina vita

permanet, et memori laus semper pullulat aevo.

indefessa tuae sint mentis acumina, lector,

sudorisque mei patulo bibe carmina rictu:

260dulcis in his haustus, meritum grave, gratia perpes.

Ergo solum terraeque Libystidis ora per austrum

tenditur, eoae procul in confinia lucis.

Gades principium est; caput huius caespitis autem

artius angusto conducit litora tractu,

265Oceanique salum cuneo subit: istius orae

terminus immensis Arabum concluditur undis.

at latus hoc terra diffusius explicat agros,

arvaque tenta patent. haec pingui caespite tellus

Aethiopum est nutrix, qui nigros propter Erembas

270extremi Libyae curvo sola vomere sulcant:

et rursum Aethiopes soli subiecta cadenti

arva tenent. sic scissa virum gens ultima terrae

incolit: hos afflant rutilae incunabula lucis;

hi iam praecipitis terrentur solis habenis.

275propter proceras zephyri regione columnas

Mauri habitant; his fluxa fides et inhospita semper

corda rigent; trahitur duris vaga vita rapinis.

proxima se late Numidarum pascua tendunt,

Massyliique super populi per aperta locorum

280palantes agitant. certi laris inscia gens est:

nunc in dumosas erepunt denique rupis,

nunc quatiunt campos, nunc silvas inter oberrant

coniugibus natisque simul: cibus aspera glando

omnibus: haud ollis sulcatur caespes aratro:

285non his mugitus pecudum strepit. inclyta post hos

moenia consurgunt Tyriae Carthaginis: illa

urbs Phoenissa prius, Libyci nunc ruris alumna,

paci blanda quies, et bello prompta cruento.

ast hinc in Syrtim praeceps ruit unda minorem,

290ulteriusque dehinc qua lux se reddit Olympo,

maior vasta sibi late trahit aequora Syrtis,

infidumque rati pelagus furit: ardua quippe

undarum moles Tyrrheno cogitur aestu,

curvatumque salum quatit amplo litora fluctu;

295ecce alias lento prorepit gurgite Nereus,

undaque vix tenuis siccas praetexit harenas.

immemor ergo modi semper natura duabus

Syrtibus, et classem sors crebro caeca fatigat.

ambarum medio procera Neapolis arcem

300surrigit: hanc rursum gens late prisca virorum

Lotophagi includunt: diros Nasamonas at inde

aspice, quis quondam populorum examina multa

versavere solum, multo sonuere per agros

balatu pecudes: nunc lati iugera campi

305et grege nuda iacent, et sunt cultoribus orba.

Ausonis haec duro vastavit dextera bello:

Ausonis invicti gens roboris una per orbem

arma tulit: pubem Latiam ferus horruit Hister,

Romanas aquilas Rhodanus tremit, Italidum vi

310maesta paludivagos Germania flevit alumnos.

Illi caeruleas attingunt aequoris undas:

at qua navigero tellus discedit ab aestu,

innumerae gentes, populorum examina mille

arva tenent. hic fata canit venerabilis Hammon,

315mugit harenosis nemus illic denique lucis.

astat Cyrene propter vetus, erigiturque

urbs procera arces, et Apolline dives alumno:

Marmaridae iuxta; procul hi tamen ultima regni

Aegypto inclinant: tergo Gaetulia glebam

320protinus hinc Garamas late confinia tendit,

trux Garamas, pedibus pernix, et harundinis usu

nobilis: at quantum terrarum interna recedunt,

ut procul Oceano tellus vicina madescat,

Aethiopum populos alit ampli caespitis ora,

325terminus Aethiopum populos adit ultima Cerne.

post Blemyes medii succedunt solis habenas,

corpora proceri, nigri cute, viscera sicci,

et circumuincti nervis exstantibus artus.

hi celeri molles currunt pede semper harenas,

330nec tamen impressae linquunt vestigia plantae.

eminus evolvunt hinc sese pinguia Nili

flumina, et intenti prolabitur aequoris unda.

hic qua secretis incidit flexibus agros,

Aethiopum lingua Siris ruit: utque Syenen

335caerulus accedens diti loca flumine adulat,

nomine se claro Nilum trahit, inque iacentem

Aegyptum fusus fluctu premit arva marito,

fecundatque solum: procul illinc agmina cogit

in borean, scissusque vagis amfractibus aequor

340non olli compar quisquam fluit, inclyta quamquam

undique se totis eructent flumina terris.

Nilus enim immensos vitam dispergit in agros,

et fovet invecto sata gurgite: Nilus honorem

telluri reparat: Nilus freta maxima pellit.

345hic Asiam ab Libya disterminat, axe favoni

secernens Libyam; redeuntis solis ab ortu

disiungens Asiae medio confinia fluctu.

nec procul illa virum gens incolit, axibus olim

quae prior humanas leges et iura notavit,

350vomere quae duro, quae longi pondere aratri

sollicitavit humum, quae fetus edere sulcis

tellurem docuit, quae caedens partibus aethram

prodidit obliquo solem decurrere caelo.

istius ergo tibi formam regionis et oras

355expediam versu. blandus praetenditur aër,

prodigus herbarum caespes iacet, aspera nusquam

culmina consurgunt, portus cavat ora frequentis.

quidquid terra dehinc redeuntis sufficit anni

tempore, prae cunctis stupeas specieque modoque.

360trina loco frons est, sed laxior axe Bootis,

luce sub eoa constrictior, usque Syenen

tenditur, unde pii volvuntur flumina Nili.

hic urbs est Thebae, Thebae quae moenibus altis

praecinxere larem: Memnon ubi Tithoneus

365suspectat roseas Aurorae matris habenas.

pars quae cyaneo discedit ab aequore, septem

oppida sustentat: notiam pars vergit in oram,

et modus est olli Serbonidis alta paludis;

altera pulsatur genitalibus ore favoni.

370hic urbem posuit Pellaeae dextera gentis;

hic inter celsas late surgentia nubes

templa Sinopaei Iovis astant nixa columnis,

divite saxorum circumuestita metallo,

auro fulta gravi, niveo radiantia dente.

375nec minus hic speculae vertex subducitur, ex quo

cernere sit longe Pallenidis intima terrae.

at qua surgenti terrae pars conscia Phoebost,

aggere murorum Pelusia moenia surgunt.

gens hic docta sali tumido freta gurgite currit,

380inque procellosos lembum convertere fluctus

ludum habet, et rauca vitam producit in unda.

Talis forma iacet Libyae, talique recessu

ab zephyro eoum tellus incumbit in axem.

istius extenti sola caespitis undique sulcant

385gentes innumerae, quae sparsae litore longo

Oceani australis vada late caerula tangunt;

et quae multimodis media tellure agitantes

arva domant, et quae Tritonidis alta paludis

ut circumfuso populorum examine cingunt.

390Nunc tibi et Europae fabor latus: haec, ubi terras

intrat Atlantei vis aequoris, accipit ortum.

unus utramque sali fluxus secat, et procul unum

distinet os ambas: eadem insinuatio ponti

Europam et Libyam rapido disterminat aestu.

395sed prior illa tamen tepido perfunditur austro,

haec subit insanos tergum curvata aquilones.

ambae Asiam rursum simili sub limite tangunt:

aequus utrimque modus protenditur: at simul ambas

si conferre sibi quisquam velit, una parumper

400ut credatur humus, mediique interflua ponti

subtrahat; extemplo, quali nux pinea formast,

singula versanti talis succedet imago

Europae et Libyae: sic nam latus explicat ambas,

unum et utrique caput, similis quoque finis utrique

405sed tamen Hesperii qua spectant aequoris undam,

ambae producto coeunt sibi caespite terrae;

qua matutinis sol istas ignibus afflat,

latior ambabus species distenditur. unum

hoc agili sub mente tenens, velut obvia habebis

410cetera terrarum. tellus Europa columnis

proxuma magnanimos alit aequo caespite Hiberos.

hi super Oceani borealis frigida tangunt

aequora, et excursu diffusi latius agri

arva tenent, duris nimium vicina Britannis;

415flavaque caesariem Germania porrigit oram,

dumosa Hercyniae peragrans confinia silvae.

Inde Pyrenaei turgescunt dorsa nivalis,

Gallorumque truces populi per inhospita terrae

vitam agitant: tum caeruleum Padus evomit antro

420hic prius Heridani propter nemorosa fluenta

fleverunt liquidae lapsum Phaëthonta sorores,

mutataeque manus planxerunt pectora ramis.

Nec procul hinc rigidis insurgunt rupibus Alpes,

nascentemque diem celso iuga vertice cernunt.

425porro inter cautes et saxa sonantia Rhenus,

vertice qua nubes nebulosus fulcit Adulas,

urget aquas, glaucoque rapax rotat agmine molem

gurgitis, Oceani donec borealis in undas

effluat, et celeri perrumpat marmora fluctu.

430quin et Danubium produnt secreta repente

barbara, sed discors tamen est natura fluento.

Abnoba mons Histro pater est: cadit Abnobae hiatu

flumen; in eoos autem convertitur axes,

Euxinoque salo provolvitur; ora per aequor

435quinque vomunt amnem, qua se procul insula Peuce

exerit: hunc rigidi qua spirant flabra aquilonis,

Sarmata, Germani, Geta, Basternaeque feroces,

Dacorumque tenent populi, tenet acer Halanus,

Incola Taurisci Scytha litoris; indeque rursum

440dira Melanchlaeni gens circumfusa vagatur.

proxima Neurorum regio est, celeresque Geloni,

praecinctique sagis semper pictis Agathyrsi.

inde Borysthenii vis sese fluminis effert

Euxinum in pelagus: tunc aequora Panticapaei

445ardescique tibi celso de vertice surgunt

Riphaei montis, ubi dura saepe sub arcto

densa pruinosos eructant nubila nimbos.

hic dites venae niveum gignunt crystallum,

adque hic indomito tellus adamante rigescit

450inter Riphaeos et proceros Agathyrsos.

haec gentes Histrum, qua se plaga dura Bootis

porrigit, incumbunt: medii de parte diei

per dumosorum reptantes dorsa iugorum

Gerrhae habitant. Gerrhas attingunt oppida late

455Norica, et immodicae rursum sola pinguia glebae

Pannonia exercet. borean subit altior agro

Moesus, et extento post tergum caespite Thracas

plurimus excedit: tunc ipsi maxima Thraces

vomere sollicitant curvo loca: denique longo

460qua porrecta iacet spatio piscosa Propontis,

et qua praecipiti fluctu furit Hellespontus,

Aegaeumque dehinc procul in mare, plurima Thraces

arva tenent: hic mellifluis Pallena sub antris

Lychnitis rutilae flammas alit: hic et iaspis

465fulva micat stellis, quantum convexa per aethrae

ignea perpetuis ardescunt sidera flammis.

Hic rursum occiduis Europam fabor ab oris.

haec tamquam speculis adsurgens plurima trinis,

spectat Achaemeniae lucis iubar: unus Hiberos

470limes habet, limes tenet alter denique Graios,

Ausoniae medius protendit latius arva.

Oceani vicina salo qua gleba recumbit,

Oceani Hesperii, tumet illic ardua Calpe;

Hic Hispanus ager, tellus ibi dives Hiberum:

475Tartesusque super sustollitur: indeque Cemsi

gens agit, in rupis vestigia Pyrenaeae

protendens populos: medio se limite gleba

Ausonis effundit; mediam secat Appenninus

Ausoniam: nam qua boreali vertice ad aethra

480concrescunt Alpes, surgit caput Appennino;

et qua Sicanii tellus madet aequoris aestu,

ut protelatae molis iuga gurgite condit.

huic circa multae sola sulcant proxima gentes;

et tamen has omnes solers tibi musa loquetur.

485prima vetustorum gens est ibi Tyrrhenorum:

inde Pelasga manus, Cyllenae e finibus olim

quae petit Hesperii freta gurgitis, arva retentat

Itala: tum multa tenduntur parte Latini,

per quos flaventis Tybris pater explicat undas,

490Romanosque lares lapsu praelambit alumno.

hinc Campanus ager glebam iacit: hic freta quondam

Parthenopen blando labentem in marmora ponti

suscepere sinu: tepidum si rursus in austrum

convertare oculos, nemorosi maxima cernes

495culmina Piceni: coma largi palmitis illic

tenditur, ac fuso Bacchus tegit arva flagello.

tunc Lucanorum regio insurgentibus alte

cautibus horrescit: scrupus sola creber iniqua

asperat, et denso caecantur stipite silvae.

500Britius hinc dumos acer colit inter, et arces

intendant pelagus, displosisque aequora terris

instabile inclinent semper mare, qua vel eois

Hadrias unda vadis largam procul expuit algam,

vel qua Tyrrheni praeceps involvitur aestus.

505ad zephyri hinc rupes dorsum tumet, inque Bootis

plaustra patens albo consurgit vertice saxum.

huc se prisca Locri gens intulit, et sale longo

eminus invecti, qua pontum gurgite rumpit

flumen Alex, Graiae rexerunt lintea cumbae.

510hinc Metapontini discurrunt latius arvo:

inde Croton priscis attollit moenia muris:

Aesarus hic amnis salsa convertitur unda,

et Iunone calent hic arae praesule semper.

nec minus exciti post flumina dira tonantis

515infortunatae Sybaris vicina ruinast;

Samnitaeque truces habitant confinia: post hos

gens Marsum quondam tenuit loca: tumque Tarentum

surgit, Amyclaei suboles praedura tyranni.

hinc iacet in patulos proiecta Calabria campos,

520et super arenti tenduntur Iapyges agro.

huc se praecipiti cogit ferus Hadria ponto.

hic Aquileia decens celsis caput inserit astris:

Tergestumque dehinc curvi salis incubat oram,

extimus Ionii qua se sinus aequoris abdit.

525tot populi Ausoniam circumdant moenibus altis,

Italiam cingunt tot diti caespite gentes.

in iubar eoum rursum se pervia flectunt

aequora, et Assyrium suspectant eminus axem

Ionii freta glauca sali, primosque Liburnos

530praestringunt pelago; gens Hylli plurima rursum

accolit: hic tenui tellus discluditur aestu.

Illyris ora dehinc distenditur: hicque periclis

saepe carinarum famosa Ceraunia surgunt.

tum prorepentis qua sunt vada turgida Nerei,

535Harmoniae et Cadmi sustentat gleba sepulchrum

barbara: nam longo iactati saepius orbe,

postquam liquerunt Hismeni fluminis undam,

hic in caeruleos mutati membra dracones

absolvere diem, finemque dedere labori.

540nec minus hic aliut monstri genus arbiter aethrae

edidit: adsistunt scopuli duo, cumque quid atri

imminet eventus, ut vulgi corda fatiget

sors rerum, et gentes terat inclementia fati,

et motantur humo, et coeunt sibi vertice saxa.

545sed qua mitis item spirat notus, Oriciumque

pulsant flabra solum, Graiae confinia terrae

incipiunt aperire latus, prolixaque longis

iugera producunt spatiis, praecincta duobus

aequoris infusi procursibus: hanc freta quippe

550Aegaei lambunt pelagi; citus Hadria rursum

subluit hanc fluctu: gemino sic gurgite late

Graia madet tellus, sortitaque marmora ventos

quaeque suos, imo turgescunt mota profundo.

Eurus in Aegaeum contorquet flabra: cadentis

555parte poli zephyris Hadriatica terga tumescunt.

insula se rursum Pelopis visentibus offert,

insula quae platani folio compar sedet. Isthmi

quippe caput summum conducitur, artaque vergit

in borean tellus, et Graios adiacet agros:

560cetera sub folii specie distenditur arva,

ac per utrumque latus sinvoso saepe recedit

caespite: sed tepido qua tellus tunditur austro,

Graiorum Triphylis sterili se porrigit ora.

hinc sacer Alpheus flumen trahit, et vagus aequor

565influit Eurotas. Pisanos alter adulat,

alter Amyclaeas celeri secat agmine terras.

insula qua curvas inclinat concava valles,

Arcades immensum propter degunt Erymanthum.

hic distentus aquas sata lambit pinguia Ladon.

570iuxta Argivus ager, iuxta sunt culta Laconum:

illos prima dies, celer istos aspicit auster.

Isthmi terga dehinc geminus circumlatrat aestus,

parte Ephyres, piceas qua nos agit atra tenebras,

et matutinus qua lucem proserit ortus.

575hic usu Graio nomen tenet unda Saronis.

Atticus hanc ultra limes iacet, Attica tellus

belligeratorum genetrix memoranda virorum.

fertilis haec herbis Illissum subuehit amnem:

Illissi boreas stagno tulit Orithyiam.

580Boeotumque dehinc sese confinia iungunt,

et Locris, et patuli sulcator Thessalus agri,

et Macetum praepingue solum; tumet arduus Hemus,

Threiciumque caput subducitur: adiacet Hemum

partibus ab zephyri Dodonae vatis alumnus.

585axe noti rigidas subter rupes Aracynthi

gens Aetola colit; campis ibi pulcher apertis

labitur, et virides sulcans terras Achelous

irruit Hadriaci tergum maris; hicque frequentes

fluctibus attolluntur Echinades: haut procul inde

590prisca Cephallenae consurgunt oppida terrae.

Delphica quin etiam miscet confinia Phocis,

lucis in exortum protentior; inque Booten

Thermopylae cedunt. hic se Parnasia rupes

erigit: hic celeri Cephisus volvitur unda:

595hic quondam Python transactus harundine membra,

sanguinis et cassus prolixa volumina solvit.

illic saepe deum conspeximus arridentem,

inter turicremas hic Phoebum vidimus aras.

Nunc ut quaeque vago surrexerit insula ponto,

600ordine quo steterint pelago circumflua saxa,

expediam. cumbae ducatur cursus ab unda

gurgitis occidui: precor, aspirate, camenae,

Inter et oppositas intendite lintea terras.

Gadir prima fretum solida supereminet arce,

605Attollitque caput geminis inserta columnis.

Haec Cotinussa prius fuerat sub nomine prisco,

Tartesumque dehinc Tyrii dixere coloni,

barbara quin etiam Gades hanc lingua frequentat:

Poenus quippe locum Gadir vocat undique saeptum

610aggere praeducto. Tyrii per inhospita late

aequora provecti, tenuere ut caespitis oram,

constituere domus; dant hi quoque maxima templa

Amphitryoniadae, numenque verentur alumnum.

insula se propter Gymnesia tollit ab alto,

615ac dilecta vago pecori consurgit Ebusus,

Sardiniaeque arces, et inhorrens Corsica silvis:

Aeolidesque dehinc tumidis se fluctibus edunt

insulae, et inserto canescunt undique ponto.

has dudum tenuit rex Aeolus: Aeolus illic

620hospita iactatis indulsit litora nautis,

Aeolus imperio summi Iovis arbiter alto

impositus pelago est, effundere carcere ventos

et sedare salum. septem sese aequoris aestu

emergunt arces: celsam rex Aeolus aulam

625hic habuit. tunc Ausoniam se pandit in oram

tellus Trinacria et patulo distenditur agro.

haec autem trinis laterum procursibus astat,

ternaque caeruleis longe iuga porrigit undis.

in matutinos Pachynos producitur ortus:

630pars tepet ab zephyro Lilybeia: celsa Peloris

tota sereniferae pulsatur flatibus ursae.

hic iter infidum pelagi, miserandaque fata

involvere salo fluctuque hausere voraci

saepe ratis. urgent angustae marmora fauces,

635artaque praecipitant properum confinia pontum.

qua se parte dehinc celsae notus erigit aethrae,

vis late Libyci furit aequoris. una ibi Syrtis;

ast aliam ulterius freta prolabentia tendunt,

parvaque caeruleo circumsonat aequore Meninx.

640rursus in Hadriacam lembum cogentibus undam,

et laevum curva pelagus sulcantibus alno,

insula se Grai Diomedis gurgite promit,

Italiam spectans et Iapygis arva coloni.

huc illum motae quondam tulit ira Diones,

645postquam per celeres extorrem traxit Hiberos:

coniugis huc dirae misit furor Aegialiae.

Ionii siquis rate rursum caerula currat

aequora, et eoos cumbam producat in ortus,

Absyrti cautes et crebras protinus arces

650inveniet. Colchos huc quondam cura fidesque

extulit, insanam sectantes Aeetinen.

nec procul Ionii per terga Libyrnides astant:

inque notum post dira Ceraunia carbasa siquis

torqueat, et tepidos lembum declinet in axes,

655Ambraciotarum succedent protinus arces,

Alcinoique domus pandetur Cercyra rursum,

Cercyra compta solum, locupleti Cercyra sulco.

hanc super est tellus, Ithaci vetus aula tyranni,

exulis et toto raptati saepe profundo.

660plurima praeterea consurgunt gurgite saxa,

quae protentus aquas Achelous pulcher oberrat;

Amnisusque dehinc alias circumfluit unda,

quae tamen in borean vergunt magis; Aegila parva

et procera caput turgescunt pulchra Cythera;

665eminet hic etiam saxosa Calauria iuxta;

Carpathus hic rupes attollitur: haec tamen axem

respicit occiduum. nutrix hic Creta tonantis,

multa latus, glebamque ferax et opima virentum

erigitur pelago. Cretam super astitit Ida,

670Ida procellosis agitans aquilonibus ornos.

nec procul Aegyptum Rhodus adiacet, adiacet oram

Suniados, qua se protendit caespes Abantum,

fertilis Aeginae tellus, et opima Salamis.

lucis ab exortu, Pamphylia qua cavat aestum

675prolabentis aquae, Cyprus alta cingitur unda,

adque Dionaei pulsatur litoris acta.

inde Chelidoniae tris sese gurgite tollunt,

qua frons tenta salo Patareidis eminet arcis.

laeta dehinc Aradus Phoenicum praeiacet oram,

680multus ubi exesae sinus est telluris ab alto,

ac latus omne soli procul in dispendia cedit

litoris, et curvo praelambitur ora fluento.

mirus at ille dehinc Aegaei gurges habetur,

qui gemina de parte sali velut ordine fisso

685saxa mari profert circumflua, tenuia sese

quo freta praecipitant Athamantidis inclyta leto:

Sextus ubi atque Abydus parvo sale discernuntur,

et vicina sibi lambit confinia pontus.

pars procul Europae laevum latus, altera porro

690ditem Asiam spectat: cunctae tamen ordine facto

insulae in arctoi procedunt plaustra Bootis.

Europam incumbit prolixus limes Abantum.

Scyrus ibi late dorsum tumet, ac Peparethum

protollit pelagus. iuxta Vulcania Lemnos

695erigitur, Cererique Thasus dilecta profundo

proserit albenti se vertice: prominet Imbrus,

Thressaque consurgit propter Samus: indeque rursum

Cyclades accedunt Asiam, Delumque coronant.

omnes fatidico curant sollemnia Phoebo.

700nam cum vere novo tellus se dura relaxat,

culminibusque cavis blandum strepit ales hirundo,

gens devota choros agitat, gratique sacrato

ludunt festa die, visit sacra numen alumnum.

Hinc Sporades crebro producunt caespite sese

705densa serenato ceu splendent sidera caelo.

nec minus attolluntur Ionides insulae ab alto.

hic iuxta Caunus, Samus hic Saturnia iuxta,

tumque Chius patulae prospectans arva Pelinae.

Lesbus item et Tenedus per aperti marmora ponti

710expediunt arces, et culmina nubibus indunt.

hinc se piscosi pandit sinus Hellesponti.

hic salis arctoi spumas vomit impiger aestus,

hic protenta quatit late freta glauca Propontis.

siquis laeva dehinc Euxini marmora sulcet,

715ora Borysthenii qua fluminis in mare vergunt,

e regione procul spectabit culmina Leuces.

Leuce cana iugum, Leuce sedes animarum:

nam post fata virum semper versarier illic

insontes aiunt animas; ubi concava vasto

720cedit in antra sinu rupes, ubi saxa dehiscunt

molibus exesis, et curvo fornice pendent.

haec sunt dona piis: sic illos Iuppiter imis

exemit tenebris, Erebi sic inscia virtus.

Rursum Cimmerius qua Bosphorus ora patescit,

725dexterior ponto subit insula, vastaque late

excedit moles pelagus: sedet eminus ingens

Phaenagore, et muros attollitur Hermonassa.

haec maris infusi consurgunt insulae ab alto.

exterior quis unda dehinc, circumfluus et quis

730aestuet Oceanus, quibus illae flatibus omnes

culmina pulsentur, memores date carmine musae.

Propter Atlantei tergum salis Aethiopum gens

Hesperides habitant; dorsum tumet hic Erythiae,

hicque Sacri, sic terga vocat gens ardua, montis:

735nam protenta iugum tellus trahit: hoc caput amplae

proditur Europae: genetrix haec ora metalli,

liventis stagni venas vomit: acer Hiberus

hic freta veloci percurrit saepe phaselo.

eminus hic aliae gelidi prope flabra aquilonis

740exsuperant undas et vasta cacumina tollunt.

hae numero geminae, pingues sola, caespitis amplae,

conditur occidui qua Rhenus gurgitis unda,

dira Britannorum sustentant agmina terris.

hic spumosus item ponti liquor explicat aestum,

745et brevis e pelago vertex subit: hic chorus ingens

producit noctem ludus sacer: aëra pulsant

vocibus, et crebris late sola calcibus urgent.

non sic Absynthi prope flumina Thracis alumnae

Bistonides; non, qua celeri ruit agmine Ganges,

750Indorum populi stata curant festa Lyaeo.

longa dehinc celeri siquis rate marmora currat,

inque Lycaonias cumbam procul urgeat arctos,

inveniet vasto surgentem vertice Thulen.

hic cum plaustra poli tangit Phoebeius ignis,

755nocte sub illustri rota solis fomite flagrat

continuo, clarumque diem nox aemula ducit.

nam sol obliquo torquetur cardine mundi,

directosque super radios vicinior axi

occiduo inclinat, donec iuga rursus anhela

760devexo accipiat caelo notus. inde fluenta

tenduntur Scythici longe maris in facis ortum

Eoae: tum cyaneis erepit ab undis

insula, quae prisci signatur nominis usu

aurea, quod fulvo sol hic magis orbe rubescat.

765Contemplator item, ceu se mare flectat in austrum,

inque notum Oceanus freta ponti caerula curvet:

altaque Coliadis mos hic tibi dorsa patescent

rupis, et intenti spectabis caespitis arces.

pro quibus ingenti consistens mole per undas

770insula Taprobane gignit taetros elephantos,

et super aestiferi torretur sidere cancri.

haec immensa patet, vastisque extenditur oris

undique per pelagus: latus autem protinus olli

agmina cetosi pecoris, vaga monstra profundi,

775alludunt: fervent Erythraei marmora ponti

tota feris: haec, ut rigidi iuga maxima montis,

nubibus attollunt latus omne, et terga tumescunt:

instar in his rupis spinae tenor arduus astat,

molibus in celsis scrupus quoque creber inhorret.

780a! nequis rapidi subuectus gurgitis unda

haec in terga sali lembum contorqueat umquam:

a! ne monstrigenis, hostem licet, inferat aestus

fluctibus: immodici late patet oris hiatus

quippe feris, antro panduntur guttura vasto;

785protinus haec ipsas absorbent fauce carinas,

involvuntque simul mox monstra voracia nautas.

Ogyris inde salo promit caput, aspera rupes,

Carmanis qua se pelagi procul invehit undas;

regis Erythraei tellus haec nota sepulchro

790tenditur, et nudis iuga tantum cautibus horrent.

Persicus hinc aestus fauces hiat: insula rursum,

si tamen in borean flectantur carbasa cumbae,

Icarus aërio consurgit vertice in auras,

Icarus ignicomo Soli sacra; namque Sabaei

795turis ibi semper vaga fumum nubila volvunt.

Insulae in Oceani procursibus hae tibi tantum

carmine sunt dignae: multas vehit undique pontus

praeterea, parvas specie, famaque carentia

pars Asiam, Libyam pars adiacet altera ponto,

800pars videt Europam: non has tamen aut modus orae,

aut interna cavi commendat vena metalli.

harum aliae duris reserant vis litora nautis,

et scaber in multis scrupus riget; undique iniquus

surrigitur vertex, et inhospita caespitis orast.

805harum quis valeat numerosa ut nomina fari?

si velit hoc ullus, velit idem scire quot alto

curventur fluctus pelago, quot sidera caeli

educant flammas, quot robora proferat Ida,

quantus harenarum numerus versetur ab euro.

810Carmine nunc Asiam formet stilus: incute doctam,

Phoebe, chelyn! totis Helicon aspiret ab antris.

maxima pars orbis narrabitur; inclyta tellus

prometur musis. terrarum summa duarum

unius est limes, quae caespite protegit ambas.

815vastius ast Asiae diti caput, indeque sensim

in matutinos oram conducitur axes.

hic astare procul Bacchi fert fama columnas,

ultimus Oceani qua terras alluit aestus,

Indica qua rupes tumet extima, quo vaga Ganges,

820caespite dorsa trahens in Nysaeum Platamona

porrigitur. similis nequaquam est forma duabus,

nec modus est compar: secat unus denique pontus

Oceanus, trinoque sinu vagus influit aestus

unam Asiae molem: sinus istam Persicus intrat,

825maximus hanc Arabum scindit sinus, et sinus aequor

inserit Hyrcanus: duo nigri partibus austri

curvantur, rigidam suspectat tertius arcton:

hic et in Euxini prorepit marmoris undam,

et zephyrum tergo spectat procul: adiacet ambos

830tellus multa dehinc, et longis tenditur arvis.

ast Asiam incumbit vasto mons aggere Taurus,

interstatque iugo mediam, Pamphylia campo

qua iacet, incipiens, ac verticis ardua ducit

Indorum in pelagus: nunc autem surrigit idem

835obliquas arces et flexilis aëra pulsat;

nunc directa solo tentus vestigia figit.

mille dehinc amnes unus vomit, exerit unus

flumina per terras, vel qua riget ora Bootis,

vel qua lene notus spirat, qua perstrepit eurus,

840et qua deiecto zephyrus sustollitur axe.

nec tamen hic uno signatur nomine ubique,

sed dum flectit iter, novus emicat; utque tumenti

gens vicina subest, peregrina vocabula mutat.

Accipe, qui populi circumdent denique Taurum.

845Maeotae primi salsam cinxere paludem.

obuersatur item trux Sarmata, bellica quondam

gentis Amazonidum suboles: nam cum prius illae

egissent vasti prope flumina Thermodontis

Threicio de Marte satae, iunxere profectae

850concubitus: longas exercet Sarmata silvas:

ex quibus elapsus Tanais procul arva pererrat

barbara, et in salsam protendit terga paludem.

hic Asiam Europa disterminat. arduus istum

Caucasus eructat: Scythicos hic fusus in agros

855impacatorum nutrit pubem populorum.

huius utrumque latus quatit amplis bruma procellis,

constrictumque tenent hunc frigora. proxima rursus

Cimmerii Sindique colunt: Cercetia gens est

adque Toretarum propter genus: indeque Achaei,

860ab Xanthi ripis atque Idaeo Simoënte,

inter chauricrepas et scruposas convallis,

transuexere larem. iuxta gens aspera degit

Eniochi, Zygique dehinc, qui regna Pelasgum

linquentes, quondam tenuerunt proxima ponti.

865impiger hos propter Colchus colit: iste feraci

exul ab Aegypto celsae serit aspera rupis:

Caucasus Hyrcanae nimium conterminus undae

huius valle procul Phasis gemit, istius antro

agmina provolvit, Circaeaque lapsus in arva

870incidit, Euxinum. borealis cardine caeli

rursus in eoae lucis confinia tellus

inclinata iacet, gemino vicina profundo.

Caspia nam late terram super alluit unda,

Euxinique subest tergum salis: asper Hiberus

875hic agit: hic olim Pyrenide pulsus ab ora

caespitis eoi tenuit sola, ceu vaga saepe

fors rapit exactos patria: tenet aequora campi

gens Camaritarum, qui post certamina Bacchum,

Indica Bassaridum cum duceret agmina victor,

880accepere casis, mensasque dedere Lyaeo:

orgia ludentes et nebride pectora cincti

deduxere choros, Nysaei ludicra ritus.

hos super in fluctus adsurgit Caspia Tethys.

Haec dicenda mihi; nec diri gurgitis umquam

885lustravi pinu freta barbara, nec vagus orbem

undique reptavi: sed vasti flumina Gangis,

Caucaseas arces et dumicolas Arienos

incentore canam Phoebo, musisque magistris

omnia veridico decurrens carmine pandam.

890Caspia per teretes Tethys distenditur oras,

et sinvant curvis hanc totam litora terris.

tantum sed fuso pontus iacet iste profundo,

ut ter luna prius reparet facis incrementa,

quam quis caeruleum celeri rate transeat aequor.

895gurgitis Oceanus pater est: namque iste nivalis

axe Helices infert rapidi freta concita ponti,

et sinus inde sibi pelagus trahit: hic vada propter

Caspia versatur Scytha belliger; hicque feroces

degunt Albani: trux illic arva Cadusus

900dura tenet, Mardi celeres, Hyrcani, Apyrique.

caespite vicino Mardus fluit, et procul ipsos

accedit Bactros; attingens denique atroces

agmine Dercebios, medius disterminat ambos,

Hyrcanique salis tumido convolvitur aestu.

905sed Bactrena solo vasto procul arva recedunt,

Parnassique iugi tegitur gens rupibus illa:

Dercebios aliud cohibet latus et vada tangit

Caspia: tum clari pharetris agilique sagitta

Massagetae rauci succedunt flumen Araxis:

910durum ab stirpe genus, placidae mens nescia vitae,

ignorant flavae Cereris commercia, Bacchi

semper inexpertes animam traxere ferinam.

his cibus et potus simul est: nam sanguen equinum

et lac concretum per barbara guttura sorbent.

915nec procul ad borean diri posuere Chorasmi

hospitia, et iuxta protendit Sugdias agros,

Sugdias, ingenti quam flumine dissicit Oxus.

hic procul Hemodii late ruit aggere montis,

et per prolixos evectus protinus agros

920Caspia propellit fluctu freta: qua patet huius

fluminis os, diri ripas habitant Iaxartae.

tendere non horum quisquam certaverit arcus:

ambitus hos etenim multus trahit, et grave curvis

pondus inest taxis, longo sunt spicula ferro,

925et rigor in nervis veluti bovis. inde cruenti

sunt Tocari, Phrurique truces, et inhospita Seres

arva habitant, gregibus permixti oviumque boumque

vellera per silvas Seres nemoralia carpunt.

ultima Epetrimos tellus habet: et procul ista

930cassa virum est, nullis pecorum balatibus agri

persultant; herbae viduus iacet undique caespes,

fronde caret; nusquam terras intersecat amnis.

Caspia tot late circumdant aequora gentes.

Nunc rursum ab Colchis et glauci Phasidis undis

935occiduum ad solem populos memorate, camenae,

usque in Threicii fauces maris! aspera primum

Byzeron est gens: diri sunt inde Bechires,

Macrones, Phyliresque et pernix Durateum gens.

inde Tibareni, Chalybes super, arva ubi ferri

940ditia vulnifici crepitant incudibus altis.

post hos Assyriae tenduntur iugera terrae,

Armenioque iugo late surgens Thermodon

erigitur celsa in fastigia prisca Sinope.

hanc urbem quondam, magni Iovis ardor, Asopis

945virgo, locans saevae propter confinia terrae,

aulam habuit, plebemque suo de nomine dixit.

nec procul hinc purus laticem provolvitur Iris;

et citus Armeniae cursum convallibus arcis,

qua vastum in pelagus vergit saxosa Carambis,

950urget Halys: tum Paphlagonum sata longa patescunt,

et Mariandinon gens incolit, unde triformis

ora canis superas quondam produxit in auras

Alcides Erebo: propter Bithynia glebam

exerit: hic late Rhebas extenditur amnis,

955Rhebas, coeanei qui dissicit aequora ponti,

Rhebas, argento similem qui porrigit undam.

hi pontum cingunt populi. nunc illa canatur

ora Asiae, glaucus pelagi quam subluit aestus,

axe noti in fauces rapidi procul Hellesponti,

960et freta qua spumant Aegyptia partibus austri,

usque Arabas et longa Syrae confinia terrae.

dictum etenim, quantus rigidas Scytha degat ad arctos.

Calchedon tumulus fluctu circumdatus alto

eminus Europam proceraque moenia Byzae

965aspicit: ab tergo tendit Bebrycia glebam,

celsaque nubiferae sustollit culmina rupis

Mysus ager: Mysos tacitum diffusus in aequor

tergaque flavescens sulcat Cius: huius ad undam

pulcher Hylas nymphis quondam fuit anxia cura.

970Hinc in caeruleum cedit sinus Hellespontum,

explicat et Phrygiam tellus incurva Minorem;

maior Sangario late praestringitur amni.

haec procul eoos procedit plurima in axes,

fertilis herbarum: qua caelum rursus in umbras

975inclinat vertex, panduntur terga Minori,

quae iacet immensae late sub rupibus Idae,

infortunatam pertingens caespite Troiam.

Aeolis inde patet vastum super Hellespontum

Aegaei per terga sali. prolixus Ionum

980rursus ager glebam protenditur: hunc secat ingens

Maeander, salsique ruens vada gurgitis intrat.

comminus hic gelidi qua spirant flabra aquilonis,

urbs Ephesus tetricae sustollit fana Dianae,

munus Amazonidum memorabile; nec minus inde

985Lydia procedens longum latus explicat euro:

in qua vitiferae Molus iuga proserit arcis,

Et Pactolus aquas agit auriger, arva canoris

persultant cygnis, curva sedet undique ripa

creber olos, laetis adsurgunt gramina campis,

990herbaque luxurians sola semper pinguia vestit.

sed locuplete magis Maeandria gleba recumbit

ubere, nam blandi terram rigat unda Caystri.

Maeonis hic etiam deducit turba choreas:

aurea subnectunt haec vincula, ritus Iaccho

995luditur, atque sacris feriunt ululatibus aethram;

virgineusque chorus late strepit, exilit omnis

coetus, ut instabiles vaga pendent corpora dammae:

Chaurorum quoque flabra deo famulantia ludunt

ritibus in vulgi; subeunt haec serica saepe

1000pallia, et impulsi zephyris agitantur amictus.

haec linquenda tamen laeto reor omnia Lydo.

Qua se Xanthus agit, Lyciorum tenditur ora

inclinata mari, surgunt ibi culmina Tauri

Pamphyliae in fines: hic idem Cragus habetur

1005nomine sub gentis: prope celsam surgit in arcem

prisca Side: fomes calidis adoletur in aris

saepe Dionaeae Veneri: stat Corycus alta,

stat Perge propter, micat ardua tecta Phaselis

eminus, et Phoebi radiis tremit aemulus ardor.

1010inde Lycaoniae tractus iacet: impiger agros

incola decurrit, sitit atrum dira cruorem

gens hominum, et saevo pascuntur pectora bello.

tum Pisida ferox exercet pinguia culta,

Telmissusque dehinc urbs eminet, eminet arcem

1015inclyta per nubes attollens moenia Lyrbe,

et Lacedaemoniae surgunt fastigia Selges.

Plurimus hinc terras intrat sinus, undaque longe

vicina Euxino rupti sola caespitis urget.

hic diros Cilicas trames tenet, inque diei

1020tenditur exortum: sulcant duo flumina terram,

Pyramus hic undas, hic volvit Pinarus aequor.

Cydnus item mediae discernit moenia Tarsi.

Pegasus hoc olim suspendit caespite sese,

impressique solo liquit vestigia calcis;

1025esset ut insigni revoluta in saecula semper

nomen humo, clari post ultima Bellerophontis.

sic caespes late producit Aleius arva,

horrescitque comis nemorum, per inhospita cuius

aequora secreto vitam protraxerat agro.

1030Lyrnessusque dehinc, hic Malus et Anchialia,

illustresque Soloe post carmina vatis alumni.

Commagenorum propter diffunditur ora:

et procul Hesperium curvatur limes in axem,

donec piniferas Casii prorepat ad arces.

1035Hinc solers Asiam facili cape carmine totam.

forma sit huius enim talis tibi: quattuor illam

in latera effusam cordi dato; longior autem

sit modus his, rutili quae spectant sideris ortum:

tumque tene, primo quod carmine musa locuta,

1040totam Asiam celsi praecingi vertice Tauri

extima in Indorum: montis tamen accipe molem

per latus id duci, quo dat Cynosura pruinas:

solis ab occasu vastum decurrere Nilum:

Indicum ab eois mare fervere, rursus ab austro

1045fluctibus immodicis Rubri salis aequora volvi.

ora Syrum curvi procumbens litoris acta

in notum et eoi confinia tenditur euri.

haec Coele est Graio sub nomine: namque duobus

ut conclusa iugis, vallis vice, multa cavatur.

1050ab zephyro Casius mons imminet: axe diei

consurgentis item Libanus premit arduus arva.

pars procul a pelago terras colit, inque recessu

gens agitat: salso quidquid pulsatur ab aestu,

Phoenicum regio est: hi Rubro a gurgite quondam

1055mutavere domus, primique per aequora vecti

lustravere salum; primi docuere carinis

ferre cavis orbis commercia; sidera primi

servavere polo; populis Phoenicibus ergo

urbs Iope, sterilisque dehinc habitatur Elais,

1060Gazaque proceris adsurgens undique muris.

hic Tyrus est opulens, et Berytus optima, Byblos,

Sidoniique lares; ubi labens agmine amoeno

caespitis irrigui Bostrenus iugera findit.

Nec minus hic Tripolis pingui sola porrigit agro;

1065Orthosisque dehinc attollitur: hic Marathus stat.

litoris extremo caput altis turribus effert

Laodice, et glauci praelambitur aequoris unda.

hic nemorosa virent Daphnae loca, celsa cupressus

erigitur, ramos innectit laurus odora,

1070crine Dionaeo myrtus diffunditur, altae

consurgunt pinus, et caelum sibila pulsant

robora, mollicomis tellus insternitur herbis.

urbs mediis Apamea dehinc consistit in arvis,

et qua Phoebeam procul incunabula lucem

1075prima fovent, Emesus fastigia celsa renidet.

nam diffusa solo latus explicat, ac subit auras

turribus in caelum nitentibus: incola claris

cor studiis acuit, vitam pius imbuit ordo:

denique flammicomo devoti pectora Soli

1080vitam agitant: Libanus frondosa cacumina turget,

et tamen his celsi certant fastigia templi.

hic scindit iuxta tellurem glaucus Orontes,

nec procul Antiochi vagus interlabitur urbem,

praestringens undis Apamenae iugera glebae.

1085fertilis hic caespes protenditur, arvaque amica

sunt pecori, in septu facilis Pomona resurgit,

et fecunda Ceres campo flavescit aperto.

Si rursus tepidum via deflectatur in austrum,

curva sinus Arabi succedent aequora propter.

1090namque Arabas Syriaeque solum sinus iste fluento

dividit, et tentis procul interfunditur undis:

et tamen eoos paulum inclinatur in axes

usque in belligeri confinia flexus Elani.

hinc tellus Arabum producit caespite campos,

1095et latera ab gemino sale cingitur; alluit aestus

Persicus hanc, Arabumque sinus rigat aequore terram.

his sua flabra polo spirant: nam Persicus euro

turgescit vento, zephyro sinus aestuat alter.

pars autem in primos quae semet porrigit ortus,

1100et notus insurgit qua nubifer, aequore Rubri

tangitur Oceani; felici terra recumbit

tota solo: tellus hic semper fragrat odoro

caespite: prorumpit lacrimoso stipite myrrha,

Myrrha furor quondam Cinyreius; hic ladani vim

1105vellera desudant, calami coma pullulat almi,

gignit humus casiam, concrescunt tura per agros,

longaque fecundis pinguescit odoribus ora.

vera fides, illic femoris sub imagine partus

disrupisse Iovem penetralia; proderet ortus

1110ut sacer aetheria fulgentem fronte Lyaeum.

nascenti Baccho risit pater, undique fulsit

caelicolum sedes, convexaque pura tetendit

festa dies: tellus effudit dives odores;

villorum subitis tumuit pecus incrementis:

1115ver habuere suum nova gramina, flore frequenti

pinsit terra sinus, ac nymphis unda cucurrit

largior: internis etiam procul undique ab oris

ales amica deo largum congessit amomum.

extemplo Liber subnectit nebride pectus,

1120effusasque comas hedera ligat, inde virentis

attollit thyrsos, et blandi luminis igne

os hilarat, totaque celer diffunditur aethra.

Sed propter Libanum terram sulcant Nabataei,

Chaulasiique dehinc, Agraei rursus et inde

1125Hatramis est tellus: Macae vicina fluento

Persidis accedunt: Rutili contermina ponti

Minaei Sabataeque tenent; super impiger ampla

aequora desulcat glebae ditis Cletavenus.

Plurima praeterea gens circumplectitur illic

1130oram Arabum, muta sed degunt agmina fama,

et numerus cunctis inglorius: inde favoni

qua plaga fecundis alit almos flatibus agros,

barbara montivagos tellus extendit Erembas.

hi vitam duris agitant in cautibus omnem,

1135intectique artus erepunt ardua semper

culmina saxorum: non ollis pabula in usum

terra parit: glebas abrodunt more ferarum

ieiunas herbae, nec amicas frugibus ullis.

Hinc ultra Libani rursum fastigia celsi,

1140lux Hyperionio qua se sustollit ab ortu,

alterius Syriae limes iacet usque Sinopen

gurgitis attiguam; mediis hic impigra in arvis

Cappadocum gens est: propter freta turgida rursus

Assyrii iuxta sunt ostia Thermodontis,

1145et festina citis evolvitur unda fluentis.

Nec procul, attollit qua se facis ardor eoae,

plurimus Euphratae manat liquor: iste feroci

fusus ab Armenia vastum caput exerit antro,

inque notum primae protenditur agmine molis;

1150at matutinos iterum conversus in axes,

dividit inserto mediam Babylona fluento.

inde Teredoniae iuga propter maxima rupis

Persidis in pontum sparso cadit effluus amni.

Hunc super, in septem quantum via carpitur ortus

1155caespitis extenti spatiis, citus aequora Tigris

prona rotans, et saxa iugis avulsa supernis,

et totas late celeri trahit agmine silvas.

quin et vasta palus medio distenditur agro;

maximus hanc fluctu Tigris secat: intrat aperti

1160terga lacus, stupet unda silens, tacitaeque recumbunt

aequora Thospitis; solidarum denique more

riparum stagni facies incisa quiescit,

invectumque sibi cohibens altrinsecus amnem

stat disclusa palus. sic Elidis incola pontum

1165dissicit Alpheus: pelago sic inserit undas

illaesum optatae flumen ducens Arethusae.

ergo per et stagnum vehitur celer amnis apertum,

hoc elapsus item vim proni gurgitis urget.

non alium tantus rapit impetus; haud ita quisquam

1170spumescit fluctus, neque tantos ulla fragores

unda ciet. medio quae tellus funditur agro,

hoc Interamnis nomen tenet; ut situs illam

flumine praecinctam gemino per aperta locavit.

non qui lanatum longo pecus educat agro,

1175aut qui cornigeri ductor gregis arva pererrat,

gramina qui pastor simis petit apta capellis,

quique cavo solers committit semina sulco,

quem Pomona iuvat, quem ramis aesculus altis

illicit, et pingui dependens subere glando;

1180bracchia Nysaei qui palmitis ordine iusto

digerit, aut tectis siquis dolat impiger ornos,

vel salis in fluctus qui cumbam navita texit,

spreverit hos saltus: nihil indiga subtrahit ora:

dives humo tellus, dives iacet arbore caespes.

1185istius in borean quidquid protenditur agri,

Armenii et vita duri sulcant Matieni.

Qua sunt flabra noti, Babylon subducitur arce

procera in nubes: hanc prisca Semiramis urbem

vallavit muris, quos non absumere flammae,

1190non aries penetrare queat: stat maxima Beli

aula quoque argento, domus Indo dente nitescit,

aurum tecta operit, sola late contegit aurum.

ipsa dehinc tellus, quae circumplectitur urbem,

et procerarum fluctu vernat palmarum,

1195et splendente procul beryllo ferta renidet.

hic tamen internis Ophietidis arcis in arvis

inter gemmiferas excrescit creber harenas.

hinc Babylona super, geminae pro finibus ursae,

Cissi Massabataeque et Chalonita vagantur.

1200At rursum Armeniae siquis pede pergat ab arce

rupis, et eoas gressum producat in oras,

Medica prolixos spectabit regna per agros.

horum qui gelidi succedunt plaustra Bootis,

pinguia rura tenent: sunt illic Atropateni,

1205sunt Geri et Mardi. tepidum qui rursus ad austrum

oram habitant, Scythicae deducunt semina gentis.

nam Medea ferox fuit ollis sanguinis auctor.

haec cum Pandionis letum componeret aulae,

Attica qua pulchro tellus pinguescit Ilisso,

1210proditur, inque fugam propere convertitur exul.

has post in terras pinu subit Aeetine,

inseditque locos: veteres accedere Colchos

nulla inerat menti fiducia; denique ab illa

Medorum suboli magicae furor artis inhaeret.

1215pars gentis, rutilos Phoebi quae spectat in ortus,

saxa habitat, saxis excudit narcissiten:

qui propter dumos nemorosaque rura vagantur,

in pecus intenti, crebro grege pascua tondent.

Medica se tantos effundit gleba per agros,

1220Caspia ut extento contingat caespite claustra.

haec Asiae digere fores, hiet ore quod illo

porta quasi, et longas bivium discedat in oras.

panditur Hyrcanis hinc ianua; ianua Persis

hinc patet, imbriferum qua vergit mundus in austrum.

1225Ecce sub immenso portarum vertice Parthi

rura tenent, curvi nequicquam vomeris usu

sollicitanda sibi; non ollis cura laborque,

aequora terrarum gravibus componere rastris:

exercent saevi se semper Martis in arma.

1230sica comes lateri est, manus autem hastilia vibrat,

demittunt pharetras umeris et letifer arcus

semper inest laesae: neque per compendia diras

producunt animas; non puppibus aequora sulcant:

non proni gregibus pecoris fera vita iuvatur.

1235sed quatit alipedum sola semper cursus equorum,

pulsaque terra gemit: discurrunt crebra per auras

spicula, missilibus late subtegitur aër.

Quin etiam post hos amor est si discere Persas

consimilis, solersque trahit te cura per orbem;

1240has quoque musa tibi formabit carmine terras,

quae liquidos amnis via devehat, utque iugorum

consurgat vertex, quibus oris arva recumbant

barbara, famosum qui Persam roboret usus.

quippe Asianarum primi degunt regionum.

1245vita opulens genti, gazas quoque terra ministrat

omnibus, et largum populis producitur aevum.

dives in his mos est iam longi tempore saecli,

ex quo Maeoniam bello trivere cruento.

illudunt auro vestes, et cuncta teguntur

1250auro membra viris, auro vestigia condunt:

tantus Persarum dissolvit pectora luxus.

ipsa autem tellus inclusa est montibus altis,

undique in australem latus inclinatior axem,

ac borean longe, longe quoque Caspia claustra

1255deserit, atque noti placida perfunditur aura.

istius at spatiis finem dat Persicus aestus,

incoliturque solum populis tribus. una sub arcto

pars agit, armigeris nimium contermina Medis:

altera per mediae telluris terga vagatur:

1260porro ad flabra noti, pelagus prope, tertia degit.

Persidis, et rigidas curvant labentia ripas.

arva secat Cyrus, perrumpit rura Coaspes,

Indica provolvens procul aequora: cuius ad undam

incola flaventem studio sectatur achatem.

1265nam cum brumali ceciderunt sidere nimbi,

imbribus et caelo fusis furit auctior amnis.

Hos lapides late flumen trahit: undique tellus

circumiecta dehinc laeti viret ubere campi.

Sed qua caeruleam sinus infert Persicus undam,

1270gens Carmanorum late colit: hanc facis ortus

urit Phoebeae; tanto quoque funditur agro,

ut simul et glauci contingat gurgitis aestum,

et procul internae perreptet iugera terrae.

Hos super et tellus tendit Gedrosia glebam

1275Oceani vicina fretis; at flumen ad Indum

Auroraeque latus Scytha miti proximus austro

accolit: australis certe Scytha dicitur iste:

namque alii dura pulsantur desuper arcto.

Indus Caucasiae prorumpens rupis ab antro

1280adversum pelago Rubri procul aequoris amnem

porrigit, inque notum recto fluit agmine aquarum.

ora dehinc Indo duo sunt, mediumque per agrum

insula se vasto fundit tergo Patalene.

innumeras idem dispescit flumine gentes,

1285Oritas Aribasque et veloces Arachotas,

et Satram infidum, vel qui per inhospita late

discreti populis, discreti finibus agri

arva agitant, uno sed nomine sunt Arieni.

hi quamquam steriles decurrant semper harenas,

1290munera nec carpant cerealia, nec nova prelo

musta premant, fulvo tamen invenere corallo

pandere vivendi commercia, quaerere pulchrae

Sapphiri latebras et praeduros adamantas.

Calliope, Indorum populos et regna canamus.

1295ultima terrarum tellus aspergitur Indi

fluctibus Oceani; primam coquit hanc radiis sol,

sol Hyperionius, sol magni gratia mundi,

astrorum genitor, lucis sator et vigor aethrae.

sed genti Indorum taeter color: efflua semper

1300his coma liventes imitatur crine hyacinthos.

terrarum in latebris excludant caute metalla:

pars telas statuunt, et vestimenta laborant

lintea: pars Indi procurat segmina dentis,

atque ebur invigilat: multi, qua flumina nimbis

1305Auget hiems, vastum ut late trahat agmen aquarum

alveus, et celsas evincant aequora ripas,

palantes obeunt beryllum, prona fluenta

quem procul internis a finibus, aut adamanta

detulerint: his glauca dehinc tornatur iaspis.

1310nec minus et bacas alii prope marmora curvis

excudunt conchis: pars rursum divite cura

herbosi lapidis venas fodit: hique rubore

suffusas blando quaerunt campis amethystos.

horum dives enim tellus est Indica semper,

1315et tali scrupo caespes tumet: amnibus autem

fertilis irriguis crebro praelambitur ora:

extendunt celsi vaga late brachia luci,

et vernat nemorum semper coma. nunc tibi formam

terrarum expediam, nunc carmine flumina fabor,

1320nunc rigidos montes, nunc multae denique gentis

absolvam populos. latera agris undique in Indis

quattuor esse tene: coëant tot et anguli ab omni

parte sibi, oblique claudentes extima terrae,

ceu species rhombo est. zephyri de partibus, Indus

1325gurgitis occursu fit certae terminus orae:

axe noti, Rubri late salis obiacet unda:

flumen item Ganges fit limes caespiti eoo;

adque Lycaonia consurgit Caucasus arcto.

aequore qua fuso laticem provolvitur Indus,

1330Dardanidum gens est, ubi magnus sorbet Hydaspes

delapsum summa saxorum mole Acesinen.

tertius amnis item secat agri proxima Cofes;

in medioque Sabae sunt caespite: gens quoque Sodri

propter agit; populique dehinc velut ordine facto

1335Peucaleum longas exercent vomere terras.

Gargaridae rursum: gens haec obnoxia Baccho,

et glebam sulcant, et ritibus orgia ludunt.

Hic Hypanis lateque trahens vaga terga Cymander,

rupe procul fulvum provolvunt fluctibus aurum:

1340nec minus hi campos intrant Gangetidis orae,

quae per flabra noti fuso distenditur agro,

usque in celsa iacens confinia Colidis arcis.

Colis et ipsa dehinc cetosi vergit in aequor

Oceani, tantoque iugo subit aetheris auras,

1345arceat alituum subducta ut rupe volatum.

sed circum Gangen regio est devota Lyaeo,

perpetuique sacri talis narratur origo.

Indorum in populos fatalia Liber agebat

proelia: vipereo late Bellona flagello

1350increpat, et magno tremuerunt regna pavore,

insistente deo. venit ergo ad flumina Gangis,

discursuque sacro praeludit proelia Liber.

Maenades extemplo maculosae nebridis usum

permutant clipeis, viridique hastilia thyrso

1355succedunt; solvunt properantes lintea Bacchae

vincula, viroso pectus vinxere dracone;

pro molli vitta prorepunt crine chelydri;

excitoque ferox persultat in agmine Mavors:

dux aquilas in bella rapit, tremit Indica tellus

1360pressa pede, et toto tonverunt classica caelo.

ergo et Nysaeos discit gens rite recessus,

et stata sollicito deducunt orgia ritu.

ipse dehinc diros ut Liber perculit Indos,

Hemodi victor conscendit verticis arces,

1365effusamque solo gentem procul aspicit omnem:

ima iugi extantis vestigia gurgite canent.

Oceani eoi praetento denique Bacchus

litore, et extrema terrarum victor in ora,

ducit laurigeros post Indica bella triumphos,

1370erigit et geminas telluris fine columnas,

invisitque dehinc Ismeni fluminis undam.

Has tantum gentes commendat fama per orbem.

vile aliae vulgus, pecorum vice, terga pererrant

caespitis abiecti: non his aut gloria forti

1375parta manu est, aut clara decus peperere metalla

terrarum venis: habitant ignota locorum

semper inexpertes famae, per inhospita degunt

arva procul, nullis sunt dignae denique musis.

at tu, Phoebe pater, vos clari turba, camenae,

1380nominis, Aonio famam inspirate labori.

Quā prōtēntă iăcēnt vāstaē dīvōrtĭă tērraē

ēt quā praēcĭpĭtī vōlvūntūr prōnă mĕātū

flūmĭnă pēr tērrās, quā prīscīs īnclўtă mūrīs

ōppĭdă nītūntūr, gĕnŭs hōc prŏcŭl ōmne ănĭmāntūm

quā cŏlĭt, Āŏnĭīs pērgēt stĭlŭs īmpĭgĕr ōrsīs.5

ārdŭă rēs, mūsaē. dĕŭs, ēn dĕŭs īntrăt Ăpōllŏ

pēctŏră, fātĭdĭcaē quătĭēns pĕnĕtrālĭă Cīrrhaē.

Pīĕrĭdēs, tōtō cĕlĕrēs Hĕlĭcōnĕ vĕnītĕ,

cōncĭnăt ēt Phoēbō vēstēr chŏrŭs; Ōcĕănūmquĕ,

cārmĭnĭs aūspĭcĭūm, prīmūm mĕmŏrātĕ cămēnaē.10

Ōcĕănī nām tērră sălō praēcīngĭtŭr ōmnīs,

pārva ūt caērŭlĕō căpŭt ēffērt īnsŭlă pōntō:

nēc tămĕn ēxtrēmō tĕrĕs ēst sĭtŭs ūndĭque ĭn ōrbĕ,

quā cŏlĭtūr pŏpŭlīs, quā tēllūs pārĕt ărātrō;

sēd, mātūtīnō quā caēlūm sōlĕ rŭbēscīt,15

lātĭŏr, āccīsī cūrvātūr caēspĭtĭs ārvō,

cētĕră prōtēntūs. trĭă sūnt cōnfīnĭă tērraē

ūnĭŭs: ēst prīmūm Lĭbўae Eūrōpaēque Ăsĭaēquĕ.

Aēquŏre ăb Hēspĕrĭō quā sē sălĭs īnsĭnŭāt vīs,

tērrārūmquĕ căvīs īllābĭtŭr, ārdŭŭs Ātlās20

quā iŭgă cēlsă tŭmēt, Lĭbўaē sēse ēxplĭcăt ōră:

fīnīs huīc Gādēs, sēptēnăquĕ gūrgĭtĕ vāstō

ōră prŏcūl Nīlī, Phărĭōrum ŭbĭ glēbă rĕcūmbīt,

ēt Pēlūsĭăcī cĕlĕbrāntūr tēmplă Cănōpī.

Eūrōpaēquĕ dĕhīnc laēvum ēst lătŭs: āt prŏcŭl āmbās25

ūna Ăsĭa, īnclīnāns gĕmĭnīs sē cōrnĭbŭs, ūrgēt

dēsŭpĕr, āc rūptī dīvōrtĭă cōntĭnĕt ōrbīs.

Eūrōpam ātque Ăsĭām Tănăīs dīstērmĭnăt āmnīs

hīc sē Sārmătĭcīs ēvōlvēns fīnĭbŭs āltă

scīssŭs Ărāsēō prĭŭs aēquŏrĕ, iām sŭŭs ūndā30

ēfflŭĭt īn Scўthĭām: prŏcŭl hīnc Maēōtĭdă Tēthŷn

īntrăt, ĕt īnsērtō frĕtă pēllīt vāstă flŭēntō,

Īsmărĭcīquĕ rĭgēt sēmpēr flābrīs ăquĭlōnīs.

āt quā pīscōsī gūrgēs strĕpĭt Hēllēspōntī,

vīs ōblīquă sălī tĕpĭdūm prōcūmbĭt ĭn aūstrūm,35

tērrārūmquĕ trĭūm mŏdŭs ēst mărĕ, dōnĕc ĭn āltī

ōră prŏcūl Nīlī lātē Thĕtĭs ēfflŭă sērpāt.

āltĕră pārs ōrbēm tēllūrīs līmĭtĕ fīndīt.

caēspēs tērgă iăcēns Ăsĭaē sūccēdĭt ĭn ōrās,

īmmēnsūsquĕ mŏdī prōtēndĭtŭr. hīc lătŭs ārtāns40

Cāspĭă cōntīngīt frĕtă dēsŭpĕr, ātquĕ tŭmēntī

prōxĭmŭs Eūxīno ēst: Ăsĭām cōntērmĭnŭs īstĕ

Eūrōpāmquĕ sĕcāt. tēllūs sēse āltĕra ĭn aūstrūm

pōrrĭgĭt, īnsērtōquĕ sĭnūs īntēriăcĕt āgrō

aēstŭăt); ēt Lĭbўcīs Ăsĭām dīscērnĭt ăb ōrīs45

sīc dīvērsă fŭīt sēntēntĭă, rītĕ quĭs ōrbī

līmĕs hăbērētūr. tōtum hōc cīrcūmlătrăt aēstūs,

ēt mărĭs īnfēstī mōlēs lĭgăt. ūnă fŭrēntī

nātūra ēst pĕlăgō, pĕlăgī sēd nōmĭnă mīllĕ,

aēquŏr ŭt īnnŭmĕrīs tērrārum ādmōvĕrĭt ōrīs.50

quā sē blāndă sătīs īntēndūnt flābră făvōnī,

Hēspĕrĭum Ōcĕănō mărĕ tērrās īntrăt ăb āltō.

āxĕ Lўcāŏnĭaē rūrsūm făcĭs, ātque ŭbĭ dūră

bēllĭgĕrātōrēs nūtrīt tēllūs Ărĭmāspās,

nōmĭnĕ Sātūrnī lātē iăcĕt aēquŏrĭs ūndă.55

hīc dēnsātă sălī stānt mārmŏră, pīgrăquĕ pōntī

sē nātūră tĕnēt, nūmquām rŭĭt ēfflŭŭs ūmōr:

mōrtŭŭs hīc Grāiō pĕrhĭbētūr gūrgĕs ĭn ūsū

dēnĭquĕ, quōd lēntō stŭpĕāt plăgă sālsă prŏfūndō,

vēl quōd sōlĕ cărēns pārs ōrbīs taētră rĭgēscāt.60

vīs hĕbĕs hās ōrās ārdōr Tītānĭŭs āfflāt,

vīs ēvēctă dĭēs īllūmĭnăt, ōmnĕquĕ lātē

āt quā prīmă dĭēs rŭtĭlō sūstōllĭtŭr ōrtū,

aūrĕŭs ēt trĕmŭlās lātē rŭbŏr īnfĭcĭt ūndās,

Ēōūm pĕlăgūs, frĕtă dīcūnt Īndĭcă pāndī.65

prōptĕr Ĕrŷthraēī tēndūntūr dōrsă prŏfūndī,

Aēthĭŏpūmquĕ sălūm dīffūndĭtŭr. hīc nŏtŭs aēthrām

ūrĭt, ĕt hīc aēstū rădĭōrūm Phoēbŭs ănhēlō

ārvă cŏquīt: stĕrĭlīs rĕgĭo ēst, ĕt ĭnhōspĭtă lātē

ārĕt hŭmūs, cāssaēquĕ sŏlō tōrrēntŭr hărēnaē.70

Ōcĕănūs sīc cūnctă văgō cōmplēctĭtŭr aēstū,

ūndĭquĕ sīc ūnūs tērrās īntērmĭnŭs āmbīt,

īnnŭmĕrōsquĕ sĭnūs căvăt īllābēntĭbŭs ūndīs

dēsŭpĕr: ē mūltīs cĕlĕbrī sūb nōmĭnĕ tāntūm

quāttŭŏr īnfūsō lātē sălĕ tērgă dĕhīscūnt.75

prīmŭs ĭn ōrbĕ sĭnūs vāstī mărĭs aēquŏră gīgnīt,

gūrgĭtĭs Hēspĕrĭī: prŏcŭl hīc prōtēntŭs ĭn ōrtūs

faūcĭbŭs ā Lĭbўcīs aēstūm trăhĭt, ātque ŭbĭ laētām

caēspĭtĕ sūb pīnguī pāndīt Pāmphŷlĭă glēbām,

dēfĭcĭt, ēt cūrvā sĭnŭātūr lītŏrĭs ōrā.80

āltĕr ĭtem ēst prīmō brĕvĭōr, māiōrquĕ dŭōbūs.

hīc prōlāpsŭs ăquaēst, bŏrĕālī fūsŭs ăb āltō,

tērgă prŏcēllōsō tūrgēscīt Cāspĭă flūctū.

Hŷrcānum hōc pĕlăgūs pārs nōmĭnăt. hīnc dŭŏ rūrsūm

ōră pătēnt pōntī: gĕmĭnūs sĭnŭs aēquŏrĭs īntrāt,85

tēllūrēmquĕ căvāt, quā sē nŏtŭs āxĕ tĕpēntī

ērĭgĭt. hōrum ūnūs vădă lōngē Pērsĭcă fūndīt,

Cāspĭă cōnvērsūs prŏcŭl īn frĕtă; pōrrĭgĭtūrquĕ

quārtŭs Ărābs, tŭmĕt hīc răpĭdō pĕr ăpērtă flŭēntō,

Eūsīnūmquĕ sălūm vĭdĕt ēmĭnŭs. ēn tĭbĭ rūrsūm90

aēquŏrĭs Hēspĕrĭī trāctūs lŏquăr: īstĭŭs ūndă

lāmbīt tērgă sŏlī, quā sē văgŭs ēxplĭcăt ōrbīs.

nām vēl caērŭlĕō lŏcă cīrcūmplēctĭtŭr aēstū,

vēl cēlsō dēmīssă iŭgō cōnfīnĭă rādīt,

moēnĭă vēl fūsī praēstrīngīt gūrgĭtĕ pōntī.95

īn zĕphўrūm tēllūs ēxtēndĭtŭr, ōrăquĕ tērraē

ūltĭmă prōcērās sūbdūcĭt ĭn āstră cŏlūmnās.

Hīc mŏdŭs ēst ōrbīs Gādīr lŏcŭs, hīc tŭmĕt Ātlās

ārdŭŭs, hīc dūrō tōrquētūr cārdĭnĕ caēlūm,

hīc cīrcūmfūsīs vēstītūr nūbĭbŭs āxīs.100

ēt prīmūm rūptās sē pōntŭs Hĭbērĭcŭs īllīnc

īnsĕrĭt īn tērrās: căpŭt aūtēm prīncĭpĭūmquĕ

Eūrōpae ēt Lĭbўae ēst. mĕdĭīs īnfūndĭtŭr ōrīs,

īrrēpītquĕ sălūm. scŏpŭlī stānt ārdŭi ŭtrīmquĕ:

ūnŭs ĕnim Eūrōpām, Lĭbўām prŏcŭl āspĭcĭt āltēr.105

sīc dīscrētă frĕtō prōcēră căcūmĭnă cēlsīs

ēmĭcŭērĕ iŭgīs, sīc īntrānt sāxă prŏfūndūm,

sīc sŭbĕūnt nūbēs, sīc caēlūm vērtĭcĕ fūlcīt

Maūra Ăbĭla, ēt dōrsō cōnsūrgĭt Hĭbērĭcă Cālpē.

Gāllĭcŭs hīnc aēstūs prōvōlvĭtŭr. hīc sŭpĕr ūrbēm110

Māssĭlĭām gēns Grāiă cŏlīt, Lĭgŭrūmquĕ tŭmēscīt

aēquŏr, ĕt īndŏmĭtō tēllūs iăcĕt Ītălă rēgnō.

Aūsŏnĭs haēc rĕgĭo ēst; pūbī gĕnŭs āb Iŏvĕ sūmmō.

quā sē flābră trŭcīs bŏrĕaē pĕr ĭnhōspĭtă tērraē

ērūctānt caēlō, pŏpŭlīs căpŭt Aēnĕădārūm,115

ālbă dĕhīnc caūtēs ēst tērmĭnŭs: haēc frĕtă prōptēr

Trīnăcrĭaē sūmmā cōnsūrgīt lītŏrĭs ōrā.

ēvōlvūntŭr ĭtēm vădă fūsī caērŭlă pōntī;

īnsŭlă quā Cŷrnūs flūctū mădĕt āllūdēntĕ,

lītŏrĭs ōstrĭfĕrī prōtēndēns lātĭŭs ūndām,120

Sārdĭnĭāmquĕ dĕhīnc mōlēs cīrcūmflŭă cīngīt

aēquŏrĭs, ēt cānō spūmānt frĕtă cōncĭtă flūctū.

hīnc Tŷrrhēnă sălī sūnt āgmĭnă, quā nŏtŭs āxēm

ūmĭdŭs īnclīnāt: quā lūx sē rūrsŭs ĕōă

ēmērgīt pĕlăgō, Sĭcŭlī mărĭs aēstŭăt ūndă,125

ōblīquūmquĕ quătīt gūrgēs prōtēntĭŏr āltūm

ūsque īn sāxōsī Păchўnī iŭgă. plūrĭmŭs īndĕ

īn Crētām trăhĭtūr pōntī tŭmŏr: hīcquĕ prŏcūl sē

īnclīnāt rūpēs, ātque ōbvĭă flūctĭbŭs āltīs

īngrĕdĭtūr pĕlăgūs Gōrtŷnĭă moēnĭă iūxtā,130

āc prōcūmbēntīs sŏlă prōptēr pīnguĭă Phaēstī.

Prōnă mărī caūtēs ēxtēndĭtŭr, ūt fĕrŭs ōră

ēst ărĭēs, ūltrōquĕ mĭnāx pĕtĭt ōbvĭă frōntĕ:

dēnĭquĕ sīc ōllī nōmēn prĭŏr īndĭdĭt aētās:

nēc mĭnŭs Ītălĭām cōrnū prōspēctăt ăcūtō135

lītŏrĭs, ēt răpĭdī pērflātŭr Ĭāpўgĭs ōrĕ.

hīnc sē rūrsŭs ăquīs Hădrĭātĭcă mārmŏră fūndūnt

īn bŏrĕān, zĕphўrūmquĕ dĕhīnc dēflēxă părūmpēr

āltă pĕtūnt, raūcō pĕnĭtūs rēpēntĭă flūctū:

hīc sĭnŭs Īŏnĭūs cūrvātūr lītŏrĭs āctā,140

caēspĭtĭs ēt gĕmĭnī tēllūs īrrūmpĭtŭr āltō.

nām quā caērŭlĕīs pōntūs sēse īnsĕrĭt ūndīs,

Īllўrĭs īn dēxtrīs pāndīt rĕgĭōnĭbŭs āgrōs,

Ēmăthĭāmquĕ sŭpēr sūlcāt gĕnŭs ācrĕ vĭrōrūm:

Aūsŏnĭdūm laēvāst. hīnc lōngō caēspĭtĕ tēllūs145

fūndĭtŭr, ēt vărĭā pŏpŭlōrūm pūbĕ dŏmāntūr

ārvă sŏlī. trīna haēc pĕlăgī cīrcūmtŏnăt ūndă.

nām quā sē zĕphўrī sūstōllūnt flābră, prŏfūndūm

Tŷrrhēni ēst pĕlăgī; quā sē nŏtŭs ērĭgĭt aēthrā,

Sīcānūm lātē flŭĭtāt mărĕ: quā prŏcŭl aūtēm150

spīrăt ăb ēōīs pūlchēr rĕgĭōnĭbŭs eūrūs,

Īŏnĭī sūnt tērgă sălī. sīc Ītălă tēllūs

ā cīrcūmfūsīs lătŭs āmplūm lāmbĭtŭr ūndīs.

ēfflŭă pōst Sĭcŭlī mōlēs ēvōlvĭtŭr āltī,

īnquĕ nŏtūm lātē vădă pōntī caērŭlă sērpūnt,155

dōnĕc hărēnōsaē se āttōllānt aēquŏrĕ Sŷrtēs,

īnfīdūmquĕ rătī tĕnŭēnt mărĕ. lānguĭdă quīppĕ

aēquŏrĕ iām fēssō sēsē trăhĭt ūndă pĕr āmbās.

mōntĭbŭs āb Sĭcŭlīs căpĭt aūtēm prōnă mĕātūm,

Crētaēīsquĕ iŭgīs mōx Sŷrtēs īntĕr ŏbērrāt160

pārcĭŏr, ēt tĕnŭī praētēxēns īmă flŭēntō.

rūrsŭs ăb Īdaēā Sālmōnĭdĕ pōrrĭgĭt aēquōr

sē gĕmĭnūm: naūtaē Phărĭūm dīxērĕ prŏfūndūm,

quōd prŏcŭl īn Căsĭaē vērgīt cōnfīnĭă caūtīs:

Sīdŏnĭīquĕ dĕhīnc lātē sălĭs aēstŭăt ūndă,165

Īssĭcŭs īmmŏdĭcō dōnēc sĭnŭs ōrĕ pătēscāt,

aēquŏrĭs ēt nōstrī sīt tērmĭnŭs: ārva ŭbĭ lātē

pīnguĭă prōcērīs Cĭlĭcūm vērsāntŭr ărātrīs.

cūrvă sălō fōrma ēst: hīnc sēsē mārmŏră pōntī

īn zĕphўrūm tōrquēnt, āc flēxū lūbrĭcŭs ērrāt170

gūrgĕs, ĕt ēxēsās īllābĭtŭr ūndă lăcūnās.

sīc vīrōsōrūm prōlīxă vŏlūmĭnă sēsē

spōntĕ cĕrāstōrūm făcĭlī sūb vīscĕrĕ cūrvānt;

sīc spīrās crēbrō sĭnŭāt drăcŏ, sēquĕ vĕl ōrbĕ

cōllĭgĭt īnclīnāns, vēl prōnīs āgmĭnă lōngē175

trāctĭbŭs ābsōlvīt: strīdēt nĕmŭs ūndĭquĕ tōtūm,

pēstĭfĕro āfflātū sērpēns văgŭs īnquĭnăt aēthrām.

haūt sĕcŭs īllāpsō pĕnĕtrāntūr lītŏră flūctū,

ēt rūrsūm tēllūs ĭnĭt aēquŏră: iūgĭs ŭbīquĕ

mūgītūs pĕlăgo ēst, gĕmĭtū lŏcă cūnctă rĕsūltānt.180

Īmmĭnĕt huīc lātē Pāmphŷlĭă, sūblŭĭt īllīc

ūndă Chĕlīdŏnĭās, īllīsūm mūrmŭrăt aēquōr,

saēpĭŭs ēt crēbrā spūmēscūnt aēquŏră rūpĕ,

tērmĭnŭs hīs caūtīs Pătărēĭdĭs ēmĭnĕt ārcīs.

āc rūrsum īn zĕphўrūm vădă sēmēt caērŭlă cūrvānt.185

hīnc sălĭs Aēgaēī trāctūs tŏnăt, īnquĕ Bŏōtīs

plaūstră dĕhīnc răpĭdī flēctūntūr mārmŏră Nēreī,

sāxōsīs Spŏrădūm saēpe ōblūctāntĭă rīpīs.

nōn ălĭūd tāntā cōnsūrgīt mōlĕ prŏfūndūm,

nōn sīc cūrvă Thĕtīs flūctū tŭmĕt: ēxtĭmŭs ōllī190

īn Tĕnĕdūm cūrsūs, pĕlăgī căpŭt īncĭpĭt Īmbrō.

caēspĭtĭs hīnc prōnī prōtēndēns dōrsă Prŏpōntīs,

flātĭbŭs ēx bŏrĕaē tĕpĭdūm prōcūmbĭt ĭn aūstrūm,

īmmēnsaēque Ăsĭaē pŏpŭlōs ălĭt ūbĕrĕ tērraē.

hīnc ārtās īntēr faūcēs ātque ōbvĭă sāxă195

Thrācĭŭs āngūstās dīsclūdīt Bōsphŏrŭs ōrās,

Bōsphŏrŭs Īnăchĭaē sūbvēctōr vīrgĭnĭs ōlīm.

nām vīcīnă sĭbī stānt lītŏră; tērrăquĕ pārcī

faūcĭbŭs ōrĭs hĭāt, prōnām sĭnŭs ēvŏmĭt ūndām:

prōxĭmă nōn ălĭbī tāntūm dīvōrtĭă cērnās200

caēspĭtĭs: hāc pĕcŏrīs cūrsū stērnācĭs ĭn aēquōr

Īnăchĭs īllāta ēst; sīc pēctūs cāndŭĭt īrā,

Paēlĭcĭs ēt tāntō dīvām dŏlŏr ēxtŭlĭt īgnī.

īllīc īnstăbĭlī fāma ēst sălĕ sāxă mŏvērī,

īnfērrīquĕ sĭbī flābrīs ūrgēntĭbŭs ōrās:205

hīc rĭgĭdās ērrārĕ fĕrūnt pēr mārmŏră caūtēs,

ēt nūnc ōră sălī vāstās praētēndĕrĕ rūpēs,

nūnc ăpĕrīrĕ sĭnūm: gĕmĭt āmplō mūrmŭrĕ pōntūs,

seū quōd cōllīsās Thĕtĭs īndīgnātă pĕr ārcēs

saēvĭăt ōbiēctīs; seū quōd brĕvĭs ēxĭtŭs ūndās210

ēxĕrăt, ēt strīctīs ērūctēt faūcĭbŭs aēquōr.

īntĕrĭūs lātō pōntūs sē gūrgĭtĕ fūndīt,

ūndārūmquĕ prŏcūl lătŭs ēxplĭcăt, aūrĕă Phoēbī

quā rŏtă pūrpŭrĕō rĕpĕtīt cōnvēxă sŭb ōrtū.

sīc ōblīquă mărīs pāndūntūr dēnĭquĕ dōrsă,215

ūt mātūtīnīs īnclīnēnt aēquŏra hăbēnīs,

lōngĭŏr aūt bŏrĕaē cōncēdāt gūrgĕs ĭn āxēm.

Pōntŭs ĕnīm nōstraē sĭnŭs ēst āmplīssĭmŭs ūndaē.

Huīc Ăsĭa āb laēvīs praēcīngĭtŭr Eūrōpāmquĕ

ēxcĭpĭt, ādvērsūsquĕ dĕhīnc sē Thrācĭŭs ārtāt220

Bōsphŏrŭs ēt tĕnŭī vīx pāndĭtŭr ōrĭs hĭātū

āt quā dīdūctō pōntūs dīstēndĭtŭr aēstū,

ēt pōrrēctă mărī tērraē iŭgă lōngĭŭs īntrānt

īn pĕlăgūs, trāctūquĕ văgō sŭă lītŏră līnquūnt,

caēspĭtĕ Pāphlăgŏnūm prōdīt sāxōsă Cărāmbīs.225

āltĕră sē caūtēs sĭmĭlīs prŏcŭl āriĕtĭs ōrī,

dūră prŭīnōsō quā tōrpēt Taūrĭcă caēlō,

ēxĕrĭt, ēt tēntā lātē prĕmĭt aēquŏră frōntĕ.

ēmĭnŭs īstă nŏtūm vĭdĕt, ārctōs ēmĭnŭs īllă.

pōrro īntēr flūctūs āc fūsī mārmŏră pōntī230

prōxĭmă cēlsōrūm sīc sūnt sĭbĭ dōrsă iŭgōrūm,

quāmvīs vāstă sălī mōlēs īntērflŭĭt ārcēs,

ūt gĕmĭnī sīt fōrmă mărīs. sēd brāchĭă pōntūs,

fīnĭbŭs ārctōīs, ēōaē lūcĭs ĭn ōrtūm,

ēt quā prōnă dĭēs ātrīs īnvōlvĭtŭr ūmbrīs,235

mōllĭtĕr īnclīnāns, Scўthĭcī spĕcĭēm făcĭt ārcūs;

āt tĕpĭdī dē pārtĕ nŏtī dīrēctĭŏr ōrām,

cōntĭnŭūmquĕ iăcēns, rĭgĭdī sŭb ĭmāgĭnĕ nērvī

tēndĭtŭr: ēxcēdīt cōnfīnĭă sōlă Cărāmbīs

īn bŏrĕān vērgēns. bŏrĕālī rūrsŭs ĭn ārctō240

ōrĕ sĭnūs pătŭlō Maēōtĭdĭs āltă pălūdīs

aēquŏră prōrūmpūnt: Scўthă lātē bārbărŭs ōrās

īncŏlĭt, ēt mātrēm pōntī cōgnōmĭnăt ūndām.

sōlă părēns pōntō, gĕnĕtrīx haēc sōlă flŭēntōst:

hōc sē fōntĕ trăhūnt văgă glaūcī mārmŏră pōntī,245

Cīmmĕrĭō prōlāpsă sĭnū; nām Bōsphŏrŭs īllīc

Cīmmĕrĭūs faūcēs ăpĕrīt: cīrcūmquĕ sŭpērquĕ

Cīmmērīs, gēns dūră, cŏlūnt. hīc ārdŭă Taūrūs

īn iŭgă cōnsūrgīt, caēlūmquĕ căcūmĭnĕ fūlcīt

vērtĭcĭs, ēt cēlsīs lātē căpŭt īnsĕrĭt āstrīs.250

hūc, mīrāntĕ sălō, quōndām sēse īntŭlĭt Ārgō

Thēssăla, ĕt īnnāntēm stŭpŭērūnt aēquŏră cūmbām.

sīc vāstī mōlēs pĕlăgi īntērfūndĭtŭr ōrās:

sīc sē fōrmă mărīs tōtō prŏcŭl ēxplĭcăt ōrbĕ.

Nūnc tĭbĭ tēllūrēm vērsū lŏquăr: īncŭtĕ dōctō,255

Phoēbĕ, chĕlŷn plēctrō. mūsīs īntērmĭnă vītă

pērmănĕt, ēt mĕmŏrī laūs sēmpēr pūllŭlăt aēvō.

īndēfēssă tŭaē sīnt mēntĭs ăcūmĭnă, lēctōr,

sūdōrīsquĕ mĕī pătŭlō bĭbĕ cārmĭnă rīctū:

dūlcĭs ĭn hīs haūstūs, mĕrĭtūm grăvĕ, grātĭă pērpēs.260

Ērgŏ sŏlūm tērraēquĕ Lĭbŷstĭdĭs ōră pĕr aūstrūm

tēndĭtŭr, ēōaē prŏcŭl īn cōnfīnĭă lūcīs.

Gādēs prīncĭpĭum ēst; căpŭt hūiūs caēspĭtĭs aūtēm

ārtĭŭs āngūstō cōndūcīt lītŏră trāctū,

Ōcĕănīquĕ sălūm cŭnĕō sŭbĭt: īstĭŭs ōraē265

tērmĭnŭs īmmēnsīs Ărăbūm cōnclūdĭtŭr ūndīs.

āt lătŭs hōc tērrā dīffūsĭŭs ēxplĭcăt āgrōs,

ārvăquĕ tēntă pătēnt. haēc pīnguī caēspĭtĕ tēllūs

Aēthĭŏpum ēst nūtrīx, quī nīgrōs prōptĕr Ĕrēmbās

ēxtrēmī Lĭbўaē cūrvō sŏlă vōmĕrĕ sūlcānt:270

ēt rūrsum Aēthĭŏpēs sōlī sūbiēctă cădēntī

ārvă tĕnēnt. sīc scīssă vĭrūm gēns ūltĭmă tērraē

īncŏlĭt: hōs āfflānt rŭtĭlae īncūnābŭlă lūcīs;

hī iām praēcĭpĭtīs tērrēntūr sōlĭs hăbēnīs.

prōptēr prōcērās zĕphўrī rĕgĭōnĕ cŏlūmnās275

Maūri hăbĭtānt; hīs flūxă fĭdēs ĕt ĭnhōspĭtă sēmpēr

cōrdă rĭgēnt; trăhĭtūr dūrīs văgă vītă răpīnīs.

prōxĭmă sē lātē Nŭmĭdārūm pāscŭă tēndūnt,

Māssўlĭīquĕ sŭpēr pŏpŭlī pĕr ăpērtă lŏcōrūm

pālāntēs ăgĭtānt. cērtī lărĭs īnscĭă gēns ēst:280

nūnc īn dūmōsās ērēpūnt dēnĭquĕ rūpīs,

nūnc quătĭūnt cāmpōs, nūnc sīlvās īntĕr ŏbērrānt

cōniŭgĭbūs nātīsquĕ sĭmūl: cĭbŭs āspĕră glāndŏ

ōmnĭbŭs: haūd ōllīs sūlcātūr caēspĕs ărātrō:

nōn hīs mūgītūs pĕcŭdūm strĕpĭt. īnclўtă pōst hōs285

moēnĭă cōnsūrgūnt Tўrĭaē Cārthāgĭnĭs: īllă

ūrbs Phoēnīssă prĭūs, Lĭbўcī nūnc rūrĭs ălūmnă,

pācī blāndă quĭēs, ēt bēllō prōmptă crŭēntō.

āst hīnc īn Sŷrtīm praēcēps rŭĭt ūndă mĭnōrēm,

ūltĕrĭūsquĕ dĕhīnc quā lūx sē rēddĭt Ŏlŷmpō,290

māiōr vāstă sĭbī lātē trăhĭt aēquŏră Sŷrtīs,

īnfīdūmquĕ rătī pĕlăgūs fŭrĭt: ārdŭă quīppĕ

ūndārūm mōlēs Tŷrrhēnō cōgĭtŭr aēstū,

cūrvātūmquĕ sălūm quătĭt āmplō lītŏră flūctū;

ēcce ălĭās lēntō prōrēpīt gūrgĭtĕ Nēreūs,295

ūndăquĕ vīx tĕnŭīs sīccās praētēxĭt hărēnās.

īmmĕmŏr ērgŏ mŏdī sēmpēr nātūră dŭābūs

Sŷrtĭbŭs, ēt clāssēm sōrs crēbrō caēcă fătīgāt.

āmbārūm mĕdĭō prōcēră Nĕāpŏlĭs ārcēm

sūrrĭgĭt: hānc rūrsūm gēns lātē prīscă vĭrōrūm300

Lōtŏphăgi īnclūdūnt: dīrōs Năsămōnăs ăt īndĕ

āspĭcĕ, quīs quōndām pŏpŭlōrum ēxāmĭnă mūltă

vērsāvērĕ sŏlūm, mūltō sŏnŭērĕ pĕr āgrōs

bālātū pĕcŭdēs: nūnc lātī iūgĕră cāmpī

ēt grĕgĕ nūdă iăcēnt, ēt sūnt cūltōrĭbŭs ōrbă.305

Aūsŏnĭs haēc dūrō vāstāvīt dēxtĕră bēllō:

Aūsŏnĭs īnvīctī gēns rōbŏrĭs ūnă pĕr ōrbēm

ārmă tŭlīt: pūbēm Lătĭām fĕrŭs hōrrŭĭt Hīstēr,

Rōmānās ăquĭlās Rhŏdănūs trĕmĭt, Ītălĭdūm vī

maēstă pălūdĭvăgōs Gērmānĭă flēvĭt ălūmnōs.310

Īllī caērŭlĕās āttīngūnt aēquŏrĭs ūndās:

āt quā nāvĭgĕrō tēllūs dīscēdĭt ăb aēstū,

īnnŭmĕraē gēntēs, pŏpŭlōrum ēxāmĭnă mīllĕ

ārvă tĕnēnt. hīc fātă cănīt vĕnĕrābĭlĭs Hāmmōn,

mūgĭt hărēnōsīs nĕmŭs īllīc dēnĭquĕ lūcīs.315

āstāt Cŷrēnē prōptēr vĕtŭs, ērĭgĭtūrquĕ

ūrbs prōcēra ārcēs, ĕt Ăpōllĭnĕ dīvĕs ălūmnō:

Mārmărĭdaē iūxtā; prŏcŭl hī tămĕn ūltĭmă rēgnī

Aēgŷpto īnclīnānt: tērgō Gaētūlĭă glēbām

prōtĭnŭs hīnc Gărămās lātē cōnfīnĭă tēndīt,320

trūx Gărămās, pĕdĭbūs pērnīx, ĕt hărūndĭnĭs ūsū

nōbĭlĭs: āt quāntūm tērrārum īntērnă rĕcēdūnt,

ūt prŏcŭl Ōcĕănō tēllūs vīcīnă mădēscāt,

Aēthĭŏpūm pŏpŭlōs ălĭt āmplī caēspĭtĭs ōră,

tērmĭnŭs Aēthĭŏpūm pŏpŭlōs ădĭt ūltĭmă Cērnē.325

pōst Blĕmўēs mĕdĭī sūccēdūnt sōlĭs hăbēnās,

cōrpŏră prōcērī, nīgrī cŭtĕ, vīscĕră sīccī,

ēt cīrcūmvīnctī nērvīs ēxstāntĭbŭs ārtūs.

hī cĕlĕrī mōllēs cūrrūnt pĕdĕ sēmpĕr hărēnās,

nēc tămĕn īmprēssaē līnquūnt vēstīgĭă plāntaē.330

ēmĭnŭs ēvōlvūnt hīnc sēsē pīnguĭă Nīlī

flūmĭna, ĕt īntēntī prōlābĭtŭr aēquŏrĭs ūndă.

hīc quā sēcrētīs īncīdīt flēxĭbŭs āgrōs,

Aēthĭŏpūm līnguā Sīrīs rŭĭt: ūtquĕ Sўēnēn

caērŭlŭs āccēdēns dītī lŏcă flūmĭne ădūlāt,335

nōmĭnĕ sē clārō Nīlūm trăhĭt, īnquĕ iăcēntēm

Aēgŷptūm fūsūs flūctū prĕmĭt ārvă mărītō,

fēcūndātquĕ sŏlūm: prŏcŭl īllīnc āgmĭnă cōgīt

īn bŏrĕān, scīssūsquĕ văgīs āmfrāctĭbŭs aēquōr

nōn ōllī cōmpār quīsquām flŭĭt, īnclўtă quāmquām340

ūndĭquĕ sē tōtīs ērūctēnt flūmĭnă tērrīs.

Nīlŭs ĕnim īmmēnsōs vītām dīspērgĭt ĭn āgrōs,

ēt fŏvĕt īnvēctō sătă gūrgĭtĕ: Nīlŭs hŏnōrēm

tēllūrī rĕpărāt: Nīlūs frĕtă māxĭmă pēllīt.

hīc Ăsĭam āb Lĭbўā dīstērmĭnăt, āxĕ făvōnī345

sēcērnēns Lĭbўām; rĕdĕūntīs sōlĭs ăb ōrtū

dīsiūngēns Ăsĭaē mĕdĭō cōnfīnĭă flūctū.

nēc prŏcŭl īllă vĭrūm gēns īncŏlĭt, āxĭbŭs ōlīm

quaē prĭŏr hūmānās lēgēs ēt iūră nŏtāvīt,

vōmĕrĕ quaē dūrō, quaē lōngī pōndĕre ărātrī350

sōllĭcĭtāvĭt hŭmūm, quaē fētūs ēdĕrĕ sūlcīs

tēllūrēm dŏcŭīt, quaē caēdēns pārtĭbŭs aēthrām

prōdĭdĭt ōblīquō sōlēm dēcūrrĕrĕ caēlō.

īstĭŭs ērgŏ tĭbī fōrmām rĕgĭōnĭs ĕt ōrās

ēxpĕdĭām vērsū. blāndūs praētēndĭtŭr āēr,355

prōdĭgŭs hērbārūm caēspēs iăcĕt, āspĕră nūsquām

cūlmĭnă cōnsūrgūnt, pōrtūs căvăt ōră frĕquēntīs.

quīdquīd tērră dĕhīnc rĕdĕūntīs sūffĭcĭt ānnī

tēmpŏrĕ, praē cūnctīs stŭpĕās spĕcĭēquĕ mŏdōquĕ.

trīnă lŏcō frōns ēst, sēd lāxĭŏr āxĕ Bŏōtīs,360

lūcĕ sŭb ēōā cōnstrīctĭŏr, ūsquĕ Sўēnēn

tēndĭtŭr, ūndĕ pĭī vōlvūntūr flūmĭnă Nīlī.

hīc ūrbs ēst Thēbaē, Thēbaē quaē moēnĭbŭs āltīs

praēcīnxērĕ lărēm: Mēmnōn ŭbĭ Tīthōnēūs

sūspēctāt rŏsĕās Aūrōraē mātrĭs hăbēnās.365

pārs quaē cŷănĕō dīscēdĭt ăb aēquŏrĕ, sēptēm

ōppĭdă sūstēntāt: nŏtĭām pārs vērgĭt ĭn ōrām,

ēt mŏdŭs ēst ōllī Sērbōnĭdĭs āltă pălūdīs;

āltĕră pūlsātūr gĕnĭtālĭbŭs ōrĕ făvōnī.

hīc ūrbēm pŏsŭīt Pēllaēaē dēxtĕră gēntīs;370

hīc īntēr cēlsās lātē sūrgēntĭă nūbēs

tēmplă Sĭnōpaēī Iŏvĭs āstānt nīxă cŏlūmnīs,

dīvĭtĕ sāxōrūm cīrcūmvēstītă mĕtāllō,

aūrō fūltă grăvī, nĭvĕō rădĭāntĭă dēntĕ.

nēc mĭnŭs hīc spĕcŭlaē vērtēx sūbdūcĭtŭr, ēx quō375

cērnĕrĕ sīt lōngē Pāllēnĭdĭs īntĭmă tērraē.

āt quā sūrgēntī tērraē pārs cōnscĭă Phoēbōst,

āggĕrĕ mūrōrūm Pēlūsĭă moēnĭă sūrgūnt.

gēns hīc dōctă sălī tŭmĭdō frĕtă gūrgĭtĕ cūrrīt,

īnquĕ prŏcēllōsōs lēmbūm cōnvērtĕrĕ flūctūs380

lūdum hăbĕt, ēt raūcā vītām prōdūcĭt ĭn ūndā.

Tālīs fōrmă iăcēt Lĭbўaē, tālīquĕ rĕcēssū

āb zĕphўro ēōūm tēllūs īncūmbĭt ĭn āxēm.

īstĭŭs ēxtēntī sŏlă caēspĭtĭs ūndĭquĕ sūlcānt

gēntēs īnnŭmĕraē, quaē spārsaē lītŏrĕ lōngō385

Ōcĕăni aūstrālīs vădă lātē caērŭlă tāngūnt;

ēt quaē mūltĭmŏdīs mĕdĭā tēllūre ăgĭtāntēs

ārvă dŏmānt, ēt quaē Trītōnĭdĭs āltă pălūdīs

ūt cīrcūmfūsō pŏpŭlōrum ēxāmĭnĕ cīngūnt.

Nūnc tĭbi ĕt Eūrōpaē fābōr lătŭs: haēc, ŭbĭ tērrās390

īntrăt Ătlāntēī vīs aēquŏrĭs, āccĭpĭt ōrtūm.

ūnŭs ŭtrāmquĕ sălī flūxūs sĕcăt, ēt prŏcŭl ūnūm

dīstĭnĕt ōs āmbās: ĕădem īnsĭnŭātĭŏ pōntī

Eūrōpam ēt Lĭbўām răpĭdō dīstērmĭnăt aēstū.

sēd prĭŏr īllă tămēn tĕpĭdō pērfūndĭtŭr aūstrō,395

haēc sŭbĭt īnsānōs tērgūm cūrvāta ăquĭlōnēs.

āmbae Ăsĭām rūrsūm sĭmĭlī sūb līmĭtĕ tāngūnt:

aēquŭs ŭtrīmquĕ mŏdūs prōtēndĭtŭr: āt sĭmŭl āmbās

sī cōnfērrĕ sĭbī quīsquām vĕlĭt, ūnă părūmpēr

ūt crēdātŭr hŭmūs, mĕdĭīque īntērflŭă pōntī400

sūbtrăhăt; ēxtēmplō, quālī nūx pīnĕă fōrmāst,

sīngŭlă vērsāntī tālīs sūccēdĕt ĭmāgŏ

Eūrōpae ēt Lĭbўaē: sīc nām lătŭs ēxplĭcăt āmbās,

ūnum ĕt ŭtrīquĕ căpūt, sĭmĭlīs quŏquĕ fīnĭs ŭtrīquĕ

sēd tămĕn Hēspĕrĭī quā spēctānt aēquŏrĭs ūndām,405

āmbaē prōdūctō cŏĕūnt sĭbĭ caēspĭtĕ tērraē;

quā mātūtīnīs sōl īstās īgnĭbŭs āfflāt,

lātĭŏr āmbābūs spĕcĭēs dīstēndĭtŭr. ūnūm

hōc ăgĭlī sūb mēntĕ tĕnēns, vĕlŭt ōbvĭa hăbēbīs

cētĕră tērrārūm. tēllūs Eūrōpă cŏlūmnīs410

prōxŭmă māgnănĭmōs ălĭt aēquō caēspĭte Hĭbērōs.

hī sŭpĕr Ōcĕănī bŏrĕālīs frīgĭdă tāngūnt

aēquŏra, ĕt ēxcūrsū dīffūsī lātĭŭs āgrī

ārvă tĕnēnt, dūrīs nĭmĭūm vīcīnă Brĭtānnīs;

flāvăquĕ caēsărĭēm Gērmānĭă pōrrĭgĭt ōrām,415

dūmōsa Hērcўnĭaē pĕrăgrāns cōnfīnĭă sīlvaē.

Īndĕ Pўrēnaēī tūrgēscūnt dōrsă nĭvālīs,

Gāllōrūmquĕ trŭcēs pŏpŭlī pĕr ĭnhōspĭtă tērraē

vītam ăgĭtānt: tūm caērŭlĕūm Pădŭs ēvŏmĭt āntrō

hīc prĭŭs Hērĭdănī prōptēr nĕmŏrōsă flŭēntă420

flēvērūnt lĭquĭdaē lāpsūm Phăĕthōntă sŏrōrēs,

mūtātaēquĕ mănūs plānxērūnt pēctŏră rāmīs.

Nēc prŏcŭl hīnc rĭgĭdīs īnsūrgūnt rūpĭbŭs Ālpēs,

nāscēntēmquĕ dĭēm cēlsō iŭgă vērtĭcĕ cērnūnt.

pōrro īntēr caūtēs ēt sāxă sŏnāntĭă Rhēnūs,425

vērtĭcĕ quā nūbēs nĕbŭlōsūs fūlcĭt Ădūlās,

ūrgĕt ăquās, glaūcōquĕ răpāx rŏtăt āgmĭnĕ mōlēm

gūrgĭtĭs, Ōcĕănī dōnēc bŏrĕālĭs ĭn ūndās

ēfflŭăt, ēt cĕlĕrī pērrūmpāt mārmŏră flūctū.

quīn ēt Dānŭbĭūm prōdūnt sēcrētă rĕpēntĕ430

bārbără, sēd dīscōrs tămĕn ēst nātūră flŭēntō.

Ābnŏbă mōns Hīstrō pătĕr ēst: cădĭt Ābnŏbae hĭātū

flūmĕn; ĭn ēōōs aūtēm cōnvērtĭtŭr āxēs,

Eūxīnōquĕ sălō prōvōlvĭtŭr; ōră pĕr aēquōr

quīnquĕ vŏmūnt āmnēm, quā sē prŏcŭl īnsŭlă Peūcē435

ēxĕrĭt: hūnc rĭgĭdī quā spīrānt flābra ăquĭlōnīs,

Sārmătă, Gērmānī, Gĕtă, Bāstērnaēquĕ fĕrōcēs,

Dācōrūmquĕ tĕnēnt pŏpŭlī, tĕnĕt ācĕr Hălānūs,

Īncŏlă Taūrīscī Scўthă lītŏrĭs; īndĕquĕ rūrsūm

dīră Mĕlānchlaēnī gēns cīrcūmfūsă văgātūr.440

prōxĭmă Neūrōrūm rĕgĭo ēst, cĕlĕrēsquĕ Gĕlōnī,

praēcīnctīquĕ săgīs sēmpēr pīctīs Ăgăthŷrsī.

īndĕ Bŏrŷsthĕnĭī vīs sēsē flūmĭnĭs ēffērt

Eūxīnum īn pĕlăgūs: tūnc aēquŏră Pāntĭcăpaēī

ārdēscīquĕ tĭbī cēlsō dē vērtĭcĕ sūrgūnt445

Rīphaēī mōntīs, ŭbĭ dūrā saēpĕ sŭb ārctō

dēnsă prŭīnōsōs ērūctānt nūbĭlă nīmbōs.

hīc dītēs vēnaē nĭvĕūm gīgnūnt crŷstāllūm,

ādque hīc īndŏmĭtō tēllūs ădămāntĕ rĭgēscīt

īntēr Rīphaēōs ēt prōcērōs Ăgăthŷrsōs.450

haēc gēntēs Hīstrūm, quā sē plăgă dūră Bŏōtīs

pōrrĭgĭt, īncūmbūnt: mĕdĭī dē pārtĕ dĭēī

pēr dūmōsōrūm rēptāntēs dōrsă iŭgōrūm

Gērrhae hăbĭtānt. Gērrhās āttīngūnt ōppĭdă lātē

Nōrĭca, ĕt īmmŏdĭcaē rūrsūm sŏlă pīnguĭă glēbaē455

Pānnŏnĭa ēxērcēt. bŏrĕān sŭbĭt āltĭŏr āgrō

Moēsŭs, ĕt ēxtēntō pōst tērgūm caēspĭtĕ Thrācās

plūrĭmŭs ēxcēdīt: tūnc īpsī māxĭmă Thrācēs

vōmĕrĕ sōllĭcĭtānt cūrvō lŏcă: dēnĭquĕ lōngō

quā pōrrēctă iăcēt spătĭō pīscōsă Prŏpōntīs,460

ēt quā praēcĭpĭtī flūctū fŭrĭt Hēllēspōntūs,

Aēgaēūmquĕ dĕhīnc prŏcŭl īn mărĕ, plūrĭmă Thrācēs

ārvă tĕnēnt: hīc mēllĭflŭīs Pāllēnă sŭb āntrīs

Lŷchnītīs rŭtĭlaē flāmmās ălĭt: hīc ĕt ĭāspīs

fūlvă mĭcāt stēllīs, quāntūm cōnvēxă pĕr aēthraē465

īgnĕă pērpĕtŭīs ārdēscūnt sīdĕră flāmmīs.

Hīc rūrsum ōccĭdŭīs Eūrōpām fābŏr ăb ōrīs.

haēc tāmquām spĕcŭlīs ādsūrgēns plūrĭmă trīnīs,

spēctăt Ăchaēmĕnĭaē lūcīs iŭbăr: ūnŭs Hĭbērōs

līmĕs hăbēt, līmēs tĕnĕt āltēr dēnĭquĕ Grāiōs,470

Aūsŏnĭaē mĕdĭūs prōtēndīt lātĭŭs ārvă.

Ōcĕănī vīcīnă sălō quā glēbă rĕcūmbīt,

Ōcĕăni Hēspĕrĭī, tŭmĕt īllīc ārdŭă Cālpē;

Hīc Hīspānŭs ăgēr, tēllūs ĭbĭ dīvĕs Hĭbērūm:

Tārtēsūsquĕ sŭpēr sūstōllĭtŭr: īndĕquĕ Cēmsī475

gēns ăgĭt, īn rūpīs vēstīgĭă Pŷrēnaēaē

prōtēndēns pŏpŭlōs: mĕdĭō sē līmĭtĕ glēbă

Aūsŏnĭs ēffūndīt; mĕdĭām sĕcăt Āppēnnīnūs

Aūsŏnĭām: nām quā bŏrĕālī vērtĭce ăd aēthră

cōncrēscūnt Ālpēs, sūrgīt căpŭt Āppēnnīnō;480

ēt quā Sīcănĭī tēllūs mădĕt aēquŏrĭs aēstū,

ūt prōtēlātaē mōlīs iŭgă gūrgĭtĕ cōndīt.

huīc cīrcā mūltaē sŏlă sūlcānt prōxĭmă gēntēs;

ēt tămĕn hās ōmnēs sōlērs tĭbĭ mūsă lŏquētūr.

prīmă vĕtūstōrūm gēns ēst ĭbĭ Tŷrrhēnōrūm:485

īndĕ Pĕlāsgă mănūs, Cŷllēnae ē fīnĭbŭs ōlīm

quaē pĕtĭt Hēspĕrĭī frĕtă gūrgĭtĭs, ārvă rĕtēntāt

Ītălă: tūm mūltā tēndūntūr pārtĕ Lătīnī,

pēr quōs flāvēntīs Tŷbrīs pătĕr ēxplĭcăt ūndās,

Rōmānōsquĕ lărēs lāpsū praēlāmbĭt ălūmnō.490

hīnc Cāmpānŭs ăgēr glēbām iăcĭt: hīc frĕtă quōndām

Pārthĕnŏpēn blāndō lābēntem īn mārmŏră pōntī

sūscēpērĕ sĭnū: tĕpĭdūm sī rūrsŭs ĭn aūstrūm

cōnvērtāre ŏcŭlōs, nĕmŏrōsī māxĭmă cērnēs

cūlmĭnă Pīcēnī: cŏmă lārgī pālmĭtĭs īllīc495

tēndĭtŭr, āc fūsō Bācchūs tĕgĭt ārvă flăgēllō.

tūnc Lūcānōrūm rĕgĭo īnsūrgēntĭbŭs āltē

caūtĭbŭs hōrrēscīt: scrūpūs sŏlă crēbĕr ĭnīquă

āspĕrăt, ēt dēnsō caēcāntūr stīpĭtĕ sīlvaē.

Brītĭŭs hīnc dūmōs ācēr cŏlĭt īntĕr, ĕt ārcēs500

īntēndānt pĕlăgūs, dīsplōsīsque aēquŏră tērrīs

īnstăbĭle īnclīnēnt sēmpēr mărĕ, quā vĕl ĕōīs

Hādrĭăs ūndă vădīs lārgām prŏcŭl ēxpŭĭt ālgām,

vēl quā Tŷrrhēnī praēcēps īnvōlvĭtŭr aēstūs.

ād zĕphўri hīnc rūpēs dōrsūm tŭmĕt, īnquĕ Bŏōtīs505

plaūstră pătēns ālbō cōnsūrgīt vērtĭcĕ sāxūm.

hūc sē prīscă Lŏcrī gēns īntŭlĭt, ēt sălĕ lōngō

ēmĭnŭs īnvēctī, quā pōntūm gūrgĭtĕ rūmpīt

flūmĕn Ălēx, Grāiaē rēxērūnt līntĕă cūmbaē.

hīnc Mĕtăpōntīnī dīscūrrūnt lātĭŭs ārvō:510

īndĕ Crŏtōn prīscīs āttōllīt moēnĭă mūrīs:

Aēsărŭs hīc āmnīs sālsā cōnvērtĭtŭr ūndā,

ēt Iūnōnĕ călēnt hīc āraē praēsŭlĕ sēmpēr.

nēc mĭnŭs ēxcītī pōst flūmĭnă dīră tŏnāntīs

īnfōrtūnātaē Sўbărīs vīcīnă rŭīnāst;515

Sāmnītaēquĕ trŭcēs hăbĭtānt cōnfīnĭă: pōst hōs

gēns Mārsūm quōndām tĕnŭīt lŏcă: tūmquĕ Tărēntūm

sūrgĭt, Ămŷclaēī sŭbŏlēs praēdūră tўrānnī.

hīnc iăcĕt īn pătŭlōs prōiēctă Călābrĭă cāmpōs,

ēt sŭpĕr ārēntī tēndūntŭr Ĭāpўgĕs āgrō.520

hūc sē praēcĭpĭtī cōgīt fĕrŭs Hādrĭă pōntō.

hīc Ăquĭlēiă dĕcēns cēlsīs căpŭt īnsĕrĭt āstrīs:

Tērgēstūmquĕ dĕhīnc cūrvī sălĭs īncŭbăt ōrām,

ēxtĭmŭs Īŏnĭī quā sē sĭnŭs aēquŏrĭs ābdīt.

tōt pŏpŭli Aūsŏnĭām cīrcūmdānt moēnĭbŭs āltīs,525

Ītălĭām cīngūnt tōt dītī caēspĭtĕ gēntēs.

īn iŭbăr ēōūm rūrsūm sē pērvĭă flēctūnt

aēquŏra, ĕt Āssўrĭūm sūspēctānt ēmĭnŭs āxēm

Īŏnĭī frĕtă glaūcă sălī, prīmōsquĕ Lĭbūrnōs

praēstrīngūnt pĕlăgō; gēns Hŷllī plūrĭmă rūrsūm530

āccŏlĭt: hīc tĕnŭī tēllūs dīsclūdĭtŭr aēstū.

Īllўrĭs ōră dĕhīnc dīstēndĭtŭr: hīcquĕ pĕrīclīs

saēpĕ cărīnārūm fāmōsă Cĕraūnĭă sūrgūnt.

tūm prōrēpēntīs quā sūnt vădă tūrgĭdă Nēreī,

Hārmŏnĭae ēt Cādmī sūstēntāt glēbă sĕpūlchrūm535

bārbără: nām lōngō iāctātī saēpĭŭs ōrbĕ,

pōstquām līquērūnt Hīsmēnī flūmĭnĭs ūndām,

hīc īn caērŭlĕōs mūtātī mēmbră drăcōnēs

ābsōlvērĕ dĭēm, fīnēmquĕ dĕdērĕ lăbōrī.

nēc mĭnŭs hīc ălĭūt mōnstrī gĕnŭs ārbĭtĕr aēthraē540

ēdĭdĭt: ādsīstūnt scŏpŭlī dŭŏ, cūmquĕ quĭd ātrī

īmmĭnĕt ēvēntūs, ūt vūlgī cōrdă fătīgēt

sōrs rērum, ēt gēntēs tĕrăt īnclēmēntĭă fātī,

ēt mōtāntŭr hŭmo, ēt cŏĕūnt sĭbĭ vērtĭcĕ sāxă.

sēd quā mītĭs ĭtēm spīrāt nŏtŭs, Ōrĭcĭūmquĕ545

pūlsānt flābră sŏlūm, Grāiaē cōnfīnĭă tērraē

īncĭpĭūnt ăpĕrīrĕ lătūs, prōlīxăquĕ lōngīs

iūgĕră prōdūcūnt spătĭīs, praēcīnctă dŭōbūs

aēquŏrĭs īnfūsī prōcūrsĭbŭs: hānc frĕtă quīppĕ

Aēgaēī lāmbūnt pĕlăgī; cĭtŭs Hādrĭă rūrsūm550

sūblŭĭt hānc flūctū: gĕmĭnō sīc gūrgĭtĕ lātē

Grāiă mădēt tēllūs, sōrtītăquĕ mārmŏră vēntōs

quaēquĕ sŭōs, īmō tūrgēscūnt mōtă prŏfūndō.

Eūrŭs ĭn Aēgaēūm cōntōrquēt flābră: cădēntīs

pārtĕ pŏlī zĕphўrīs Hădrĭātĭcă tērgă tŭmēscūnt.555

īnsŭlă sē rūrsūm Pĕlŏpīs vīsēntĭbŭs ōffērt,

īnsŭlă quaē plătănī fŏlĭō cōmpār sĕdĕt. Īsthmī

quīppĕ căpūt sūmmūm cōndūcĭtŭr, ārtăquĕ vērgīt

īn bōreān tēllūs, ēt Grāiōs ādiăcĕt āgrōs:

cētĕră sūb fŏlĭī spĕcĭē dīstēndĭtŭr ārvă,560

āc pĕr ŭtrūmquĕ lătūs sĭnŭōsō saēpĕ rĕcēdīt

caēspĭtĕ: sēd tĕpĭdō quā tēllūs tūndĭtŭr aūstrō,

Grāiōrūm Trĭphўlīs stĕrĭlī sē pōrrĭgĭt ōră.

hīnc săcĕr Ālphēūs flūmēn trăhĭt, ēt văgŭs aēquōr

īnflŭĭt Eūrōtās. Pīsānōs āltĕr ădūlāt,565

āltĕr Ămŷclaēās cĕlĕrī sĕcăt āgmĭnĕ tērrās.

īnsŭlă quā cūrvās īnclīnāt cōncăvă vāllēs,

Ārcădĕs īmmēnsūm prōptēr dēgūnt Ĕrўmānthūm.

hīc dīstēntŭs ăquās sătă lāmbīt pīnguĭă Lādōn.

iūxta Ārgīvŭs ăgēr, iūxtā sūnt cūltă Lăcōnūm:570

īllōs prīmă dĭēs, cĕlĕr īstōs āspĭcĭt aūstēr.

Īsthmī tērgă dĕhīnc gĕmĭnūs cīrcūmlătrăt aēstūs,

pārte Ĕphўrēs, pĭcĕās quā nōs ăgĭt ātră tĕnēbrās,

ēt mātūtīnūs quā lūcēm prōsĕrĭt ōrtūs.

hīc ūsū Grāiō nōmēn tĕnĕt ūndă Sărōnīs.575

Āttĭcŭs hānc ūltrā līmēs iăcĕt, Āttĭcă tēllūs

bēllĭgĕrātōrūm gĕnĕtrīx mĕmŏrāndă vĭrōrūm.

fērtĭlĭs haēc hērbīs Īllīssūm sūbvĕhĭt āmnēm:

Īllīssī bŏrĕās stāgnō tŭlĭt Ōrīthyīām.

Boēōtūmquĕ dĕhīnc sēsē cōnfīnĭă iūngūnt,580

ēt Lŏcrĭs, ēt pătŭlī sūlcātōr Thēssălŭs āgrī,

ēt Măcĕtūm praēpīnguĕ sŏlūm; tŭmĕt ārdŭŭs Hēmūs,

Thrēĭcĭūmquĕ căpūt sūbdūcĭtŭr: ādiăcĕt Hēmūm

pārtĭbŭs āb zĕphўrī Dōdōnaē vātĭs ălūmnūs.

āxĕ nŏtī rĭgĭdās sūbtēr rūpēs Ărăcŷnthī585

gēns Aētōlă cŏlīt; cāmpīs ĭbĭ pūlchĕr ăpērtīs

lābĭtŭr, ēt vĭrĭdēs sūlcāns tērrās Ăchĕlōūs

īrrŭĭt Hādrĭăcī tērgūm mărĭs; hīcquĕ frĕquēntēs

flūctĭbŭs āttōllūntŭr Ĕchīnădĕs: haūt prŏcŭl īndĕ

prīscă Cĕphāllēnaē cōnsūrgūnt ōppĭdă tērraē.590

Dēlphĭcă quīn ĕtĭām mīscēt cōnfīnĭă Phōcīs,

lūcĭs ĭn ēxōrtūm prōtēntĭŏr; īnquĕ Bŏōtēn

Thērmŏpўlaē cēdūnt. hīc sē Pārnāsĭă rūpēs

ērĭgĭt: hīc cĕlĕrī Cēphīsūs vōlvĭtŭr ūndā:

hīc quōndām Pŷthōn trānsāctŭs hărūndĭnĕ mēmbră,595

sānguĭnĭs ēt cāssūs prōlīxă vŏlūmĭnă sōlvīt.

īllīc saēpĕ dĕūm cōnspēxĭmŭs ārrīdēntēm,

īntēr tūrĭcrĕmās hīc Phoēbūm vīdĭmŭs ārās.

Nūnc ūt quaēquĕ văgō sūrrēxĕrĭt īnsŭlă pōntō,

ōrdĭnĕ quō stĕtĕrīnt pĕlăgō cīrcūmflŭă sāxă,600

ēxpĕdĭām. cūmbaē dūcātūr cūrsŭs ăb ūndā

gūrgĭtĭs ōccĭdŭī: prĕcŏr, āspīrātĕ, cămēnaē,

Īntĕr ĕt ōppŏsĭtās īntēndĭtĕ līntĕă tērrās.

Gādīr prīmă frĕtūm sŏlĭdā sŭpĕrēmĭnĕt ārcĕ,

Āttōllītquĕ căpūt gĕmĭnīs īnsērtă cŏlūmnīs.605

Haēc Cŏtĭnūssă prĭūs fŭĕrāt sūb nōmĭnĕ prīscō,

Tārtēsūmquĕ dĕhīnc Tўrĭī dīxērĕ cŏlōnī,

bārbără quīn ĕtĭām Gādēs hānc līnguă frĕquēntāt:

Poēnūs quīppĕ lŏcūm Gādīr vŏcăt ūndĭquĕ saēptūm

āggĕrĕ praēdūctō. Tўrĭī pĕr ĭnhōspĭtă lātē610

aēquŏră prōvēctī, tĕnŭēre ūt caēspĭtĭs ōrām,

cōnstĭtŭērĕ dŏmūs; dānt hī quŏquĕ māxĭmă tēmplă

Āmphĭtrўōnĭădaē, nūmēnquĕ vĕrēntŭr ălūmnūm.

īnsŭlă sē prōptēr Gŷmnēsĭă tōllĭt ăb āltō,

āc dīlēctă văgō pĕcŏrī cōnsūrgĭt Ĕbūsūs,615

Sārdĭnĭaēque ārcēs, ĕt ĭnhōrrēns Cōrsĭcă sīlvīs:

Aēŏlĭdēsquĕ dĕhīnc tŭmĭdīs sē flūctĭbŭs ēdūnt

īnsŭlae, ĕt īnsērtō cānēscūnt ūndĭquĕ pōntō.

hās dūdūm tĕnŭīt rēx Aēŏlŭs: Aēŏlŭs īllīc

hōspĭtă iāctātīs īndūlsīt lītŏră naūtīs,620

Aēŏlŭs īmpĕrĭō sūmmī Iŏvĭs ārbĭtĕr āltō

īmpŏsĭtūs pĕlăgo ēst, ēffūndĕrĕ cārcĕrĕ vēntōs

ēt sēdārĕ sălūm. sēptēm sēse aēquŏrĭs aēstū

ēmērgūnt ārcēs: cēlsām rēx Aēŏlŭs aūlām

hīc hăbŭīt. tūnc Aūsŏnĭām sē pāndĭt ĭn ōrām625

tēllūs Trīnăcrĭa ēt pătŭlō dīstēndĭtŭr āgrō.

haēc aūtēm trīnīs lătĕrūm prōcūrsĭbŭs āstāt,

tērnăquĕ caērŭlĕīs lōngē iŭgă pōrrĭgĭt ūndīs.

īn mātūtīnōs Păchўnōs prōdūcĭtŭr ōrtūs:

pārs tĕpĕt āb zĕphўrō Lĭlўbēĭă: cēlsă Pĕlōrīs630

tōtă sĕrēnĭfĕraē pūlsātūr flātĭbŭs ūrsaē.

hīc ĭtĕr īnfīdūm pĕlăgī, mĭsĕrāndăquĕ fātă

īnvōlvērĕ sălō flūctūque haūsērĕ vŏrācī

saēpĕ rătīs. ūrgēnt āngūstaē mārmŏră faūcēs,

ārtăquĕ praēcĭpĭtānt prŏpĕrūm cōnfīnĭă pōntūm.635

quā sē pārtĕ dĕhīnc cēlsaē nŏtŭs ērĭgĭt aēthraē,

vīs lātē Lĭbўcī fŭrĭt aēquŏrĭs. ūna ĭbĭ Sŷrtīs;

āst ălĭam ūltĕrĭūs frētā prŏlăbēntĭă tēndūnt,

pārvăquĕ caērŭlĕō cīrcūmsŏnăt aēquŏrĕ Mēnīnx.

rūrsŭs ĭn Hādrĭăcām lēmbūm cōgēntĭbŭs ūndām,640

ēt laēvūm cūrvā pĕlăgūs sūlcāntĭbŭs ālnō,

īnsŭlă sē Grāī Dĭŏmēdīs gūrgĭtĕ prōmīt,

Ītălĭām spēctāns ĕt Ĭāpўgĭs ārvă cŏlōnī.

hūc īllūm mōtaē quōndām tŭlĭt īră Dĭōnēs,

pōstquām pēr cĕlĕrēs ēxtōrrēm trāxĭt Hĭbērōs:645

cōniŭgĭs hūc dīraē mīsīt fŭrŏr Aēgĭălīaē.

Īŏnĭī sīquīs rătĕ rūrsūm caērŭlă cūrrāt

aēquŏra, ĕt ēōōs cūmbām prōdūcăt ĭn ōrtūs,

Ābsŷrtī caūtēs ēt crēbrās prōtĭnŭs ārcēs

īnvĕnĭēt. Cōlchōs hūc quōndām cūră fĭdēsquĕ650

ēxtŭlĭt, īnsānām sēctāntēs Aēētīnēn.

nēc prŏcŭl Īŏnĭī pēr tērgă Lĭbŷrnĭdĕs āstānt:

īnquĕ nŏtūm pōst dīră Cĕraūnĭă cārbăsă sīquīs

tōrquĕăt, ēt tĕpĭdōs lēmbūm dēclīnĕt ĭn āxēs,

Āmbrăcĭōtārūm sūccēdēnt prōtĭnŭs ārcēs,655

Ālcĭnŏīquĕ dŏmūs pāndētūr Cērcўră rūrsūm,

Cērcўră cōmptă sŏlūm, lŏcŭplētī Cērcўră sūlcō.

hānc sŭpĕr ēst tēllūs, Ĭthăcī vĕtŭs aūlă tўrānnī,

ēxŭlĭs ēt tōtō rāptātī saēpĕ prŏfūndō.

plūrĭmă praētĕrĕā cōnsūrgūnt gūrgĭtĕ sāxă,660

quaē prōtēntŭs ăquās Ăchĕlōūs pūlchĕr ŏbērrāt;

Āmnīsūsquĕ dĕhīnc ălĭās cīrcūmflŭĭt ūndā,

quaē tămĕn īn bŏrĕān vērgūnt măgĭs; Aēgĭlă pārvă

ēt prōcēră căpūt tūrgēscūnt pūlchră Cўthēră;

ēmĭnĕt hīc ĕtĭām sāxōsă Călaūrĭă iūxtā;665

Cārpăthŭs hīc rūpēs āttōllĭtŭr: haēc tămĕn āxēm

rēspĭcĭt ōccĭdŭūm. nūtrīx hīc Crētă tŏnāntīs,

mūltă lătūs, glēbāmquĕ fĕrāx ĕt ŏpīmă vĭrēntūm

ērĭgĭtūr pĕlăgō. Crētām sŭpĕr āstĭtĭt Īdă,

Īdă prŏcēllōsīs ăgĭtāns ăquĭlōnĭbŭs ōrnōs.670

nēc prŏcŭl Aēgŷptūm Rhŏdŭs ādiăcĕt, ādiăcĕt ōrām

Sūnĭădōs, quā sē prōtēndīt caēspĕs Ăbāntūm,

fērtĭlĭs Aēgīnaē tēllūs, ĕt ŏpīmă Sălāmīs.

lūcĭs ăb ēxōrtū, Pāmphŷlĭă quā căvăt aēstūm

prōlābēntĭs ăquaē, Cўprŭs āltā cīngĭtŭr ūndā,675

ādquĕ Dĭōnaēī pūlsātūr lītŏrĭs āctā.

īndĕ Chĕlīdŏnĭaē trīs sēsē gūrgĭtĕ tōllūnt,

quā frōns tēntă sălō Pătărēĭdĭs ēmĭnĕt ārcīs.

laētă dĕhīnc Ărădūs Phoēnīcūm praēiăcĕt ōrām,

mūltŭs ŭbi ēxēsaē sĭnŭs ēst tēllūrĭs ăb āltō,680

āc lătŭs ōmnĕ sŏlī prŏcŭl īn dīspēndĭă cēdīt

lītŏrĭs, ēt cūrvō praēlāmbĭtŭr ōră flŭēntō.

mīrŭs ăt īllĕ dĕhīnc Aēgaēī gūrgĕs hăbētūr,

quī gĕmĭnā dē pārtĕ sălī vĕlŭt ōrdĭnĕ fīssō

sāxă mărī prōfērt cīrcūmflŭă, tēnŭiă sēsē685

quō frĕtă praēcĭpĭtānt Ăthămāntĭdĭs īnclўtă lētō:

Sēxtŭs ŭbi ātque Ăbўdūs pārvō sălĕ dīscērnūntūr,

ēt vīcīnă sĭbī lāmbīt cōnfīnĭă pōntūs.

pārs prŏcŭl Eūrōpaē laēvūm lătŭs, āltĕră pōrrŏ

dītem Ăsĭām spēctāt: cūnctaē tămĕn ōrdĭnĕ fāctō690

īnsŭlae ĭn ārctōī prōcēdūnt plaūstră Bŏōtīs.

Eūrōpam īncūmbīt prōlīxūs līmĕs Ăbāntūm.

Scŷrŭs ĭbī lātē dōrsūm tŭmĕt, āc Pĕpărēthūm

prōtōllīt pĕlăgūs. iūxtā Vūlcānĭă Lēmnōs

ērĭgĭtūr, Cĕrĕrīquĕ Thăsūs dīlēctă prŏfūndō695

prōsĕrĭt ālbēntī sē vērtĭcĕ: prōmĭnĕt Īmbrūs,

Thrēssăquĕ cōnsūrgīt prōptēr Sămŭs: īndĕquĕ rūrsūm

Cŷclădĕs āccēdūnt Ăsĭām, Dēlūmquĕ cŏrōnānt.

ōmnēs fātĭdĭcō cūrānt sōllēmnĭă Phoēbō.

nām cūm vērĕ nŏvō tēllūs sē dūră rĕlāxāt,700

cūlmĭnĭbūsquĕ căvīs blāndūm strĕpĭt ālĕs hĭrūndŏ,

gēns dēvōtă chŏrōs ăgĭtāt, grātīquĕ săcrātō

lūdūnt fēstă dĭē, vīsīt săcră nūmĕn ălūmnūm.

Hīnc Spŏrădēs crēbrō prōdūcūnt caēspĭtĕ sēsē

dēnsă sĕrēnātō ceū splēndēnt sīdĕră caēlō.705

nēc mĭnŭs āttōllūntŭr Ĭōnĭdĕs īnsŭlae ăb āltō.

hīc iūxtā Caūnūs, Sămŭs hīc Sātūrnĭă iūxtā,

tūmquĕ Chĭūs pătŭlaē prōspēctāns ārvă Pĕlīnaē.

Lēsbŭs ĭtem ēt Tĕnĕdūs pĕr ăpērtī mārmŏră pōntī

ēxpĕdĭūnt ārcēs, ēt cūlmĭnă nūbĭbŭs īndūnt.710

hīnc sē pīscōsī pāndīt sĭnŭs Hēllēspōntī.

hīc sălĭs ārctōī spūmās vŏmĭt īmpĭgĕr aēstūs,

hīc prōtēntă quătīt lātē frĕtă glaūcă Prŏpōntīs.

sīquīs laēvă dĕhīnc Eūxīnī mārmŏră sūlcēt,

ōră Bŏrŷsthĕnĭī quā flūmĭnĭs īn mărĕ vērgūnt,715

ē rĕgĭōnĕ prŏcūl spēctābīt cūlmĭnă Leūcēs.

Leūcē cānă iŭgūm, Leūcē sĕdĕs ānīmārūm:

nām pōst fātă vĭrūm sēmpēr vērsārĭĕr īllīc

īnsōntēs ăĭūnt ănĭmās; ŭbĭ cōncăvă vāstō

cēdĭt ĭn āntră sĭnū rūpēs, ŭbĭ sāxă dĕhīscūnt720

mōlĭbŭs ēxēsīs, ēt cūrvō fōrnĭcĕ pēndēnt.

haēc sūnt dōnă pĭīs: sīc īllōs Iūppĭtĕr īmīs

ēxēmīt tĕnĕbrīs, Ĕrĕbī sīc īnscĭă vīrtūs.

Rūrsūm Cīmmĕrĭūs quā Bōsphŏrŭs ōră pătēscīt,

dēxtĕrĭōr pōntō sŭbĭt īnsŭlă, vāstăquĕ lātē725

ēxcēdīt mōlēs pĕlăgūs: sĕdĕt ēmĭnŭs īngēns

Phaēnăgŏre, ēt mūrōs āttōllĭtŭr Hērmōnāssă.

haēc mărĭs īnfūsī cōnsūrgūnt īnsŭlae ăb āltō.

ēxtĕrĭōr quīs ūndă dĕhīnc, cīrcūmflŭŭs ēt quīs

aēstŭĕt Ōcĕănūs, quĭbŭs īllaē flātĭbŭs ōmnēs730

cūlmĭnă pūlsēntūr, mĕmŏrēs dătĕ cārmĭnĕ mūsaē.

Prōptĕr Ătlāntēī tērgūm sălĭs Aēthĭŏpūm gēns

Hēspĕrĭdēs hăbĭtānt; dōrsūm tŭmĕt hīc Ĕrўthīaē,

hīcquĕ Săcrī, sīc tērgă vŏcāt gēns ārdŭă, mōntīs:

nām prōtēntă iŭgūm tēllūs trăhĭt: hōc căpŭt āmplaē735

prōdĭtŭr Eūrōpaē: gĕnĕtrīx haēc ōră mĕtāllī,

līvēntīs stāgnī vēnās vŏmĭt: ācĕr Hĭbērūs

hīc frĕtă vēlōcī pērcūrrīt saēpĕ phăsēlō.

ēmĭnŭs hīc ălĭaē gĕlĭdī prŏpĕ flābra ăquĭlōnīs

ēxsŭpĕrānt ūndās ēt vāstă căcūmĭnă tōllūnt.740

haē nŭmĕrō gĕmĭnaē, pīnguēs sŏlă, caēspĭtĭs āmplaē,

cōndĭtŭr ōccĭdŭī quā Rhēnūs gūrgĭtĭs ūndā,

dīră Brĭtānnōrūm sūstēntānt āgmĭnă tērrīs.

hīc spūmōsŭs ĭtēm pōntī lĭquŏr ēxplĭcăt aēstūm,

ēt brĕvĭs ē pĕlăgō vērtēx sŭbĭt: hīc chŏrŭs īngēns745

prōdūcīt nōctēm lūdūs săcĕr: āĕră pūlsānt

vōcĭbŭs, ēt crēbrīs lātē sŏlă cālcĭbŭs ūrgēnt.

nōn sīc Ābsŷnthī prŏpĕ flūmĭnă Thrācĭs ălūmnaē

Bīstŏnĭdēs; nōn, quā cĕlĕrī rŭĭt āgmĭnĕ Gāngēs,

Īndōrūm pŏpŭlī stătă cūrānt fēstă Lўaēō.750

lōngă dĕhīnc cĕlĕrī sīquīs rătĕ mārmŏră cūrrāt,

īnquĕ Lўcāŏnĭās cūmbām prŏcŭl ūrgĕăt ārctōs,

īnvĕnĭēt vāstō sūrgēntēm vērtĭcĕ Thūlēn.

hīc cūm plaūstră pŏlī tāngīt Phoēbēĭŭs īgnīs,

nōctĕ sŭb īllūstrī rŏtă sōlīs fōmĭtĕ flāgrāt755

cōntĭnŭō, clārūmquĕ dĭēm nōx aēmŭlă dūcīt.

nām sōl ōblīquō tōrquētūr cārdĭnĕ mūndī,

dīrēctōsquĕ sŭpēr rădĭōs vīcīnĭŏr āxī

ōccĭdŭo īnclīnāt, dōnēc iŭgă rūrsŭs ănhēlă

dēvēxo āccĭpĭāt caēlō nŏtŭs. īndĕ flŭēntă760

tēndūntūr Scўthĭcī lōngē mărĭs īn făcĭs ōrtūm

Ēōaē: tūm cŷănĕīs ērēpīt āb ūndīs

īnsŭlă, quaē prīscī sīgnātūr nōmĭnĭs ūsū

aūrĕă, quōd fūlvō sōl hīc măgĭs ōrbĕ rŭbēscāt.

Cōntēmplātŏr ĭtēm, ceū sē mărĕ flēctăt ĭn aūstrūm,765

īnquĕ nŏtum Ōcĕănūs frĕtă pōntī caērŭlă cūrvēt:

āltăquĕ Cōlĭădīs mōs hīc tĭbĭ dōrsă pătēscēnt

rūpĭs, ĕt īntēntī spēctābīs caēspĭtĭs ārcēs.

prō quĭbŭs īngēntī cōnsīstēns mōlĕ pĕr ūndās

īnsŭlă Tāprŏbănē gīgnīt taētrōs ĕlĕphāntōs,770

ēt sŭpĕr aēstĭfĕrī tōrrētūr sīdĕrĕ cāncrī.

haēc īmmēnsă pătēt, vāstīsque ēxtēndĭtŭr ōrīs

ūndĭquĕ pēr pĕlăgūs: lătŭs aūtēm prōtĭnŭs ōllī

āgmĭnă cētōsī pĕcŏrīs, văgă mōnstră prŏfūndī,

āllūdūnt: fērvēnt Ĕrўthraēī mārmŏră pōntī775

tōtă fĕrīs: haēc, ūt rĭgĭdī iŭgă māxĭmă mōntīs,

nūbĭbŭs āttōllūnt lătŭs ōmne, ēt tērgă tŭmēscūnt:

īnstăr ĭn hīs rūpīs spīnaē tĕnŏr ārdŭŭs āstāt,

mōlĭbŭs īn cēlsīs scrūpūs quŏquĕ crēbĕr ĭnhōrrēt.

ā! nēquīs răpĭdī sŭbŭēctūs gūrgĭtĭs ūndā780

haēc īn tērgă sălī lēmbūm cōntōrquĕăt ūmquām:

ā! nē mōnstrĭgĕnīs, hōstēm lĭcĕt, īnfĕrăt aēstūs

flūctĭbŭs: īmmŏdĭcī lātē pătĕt ōrĭs hĭātūs

quīppĕ fĕrīs, āntrō pāndūntūr gūttŭră vāstō;

prōtĭnŭs haēc īpsās ābsōrbēnt faūcĕ cărīnās,785

īnvōlvūntquĕ sĭmūl mōx mōnstră vŏrācĭă naūtās.

Ōgўrĭs īndĕ sălō prōmīt căpŭt, āspĕră rūpēs,

Cārmānīs quā sē pĕlăgī prŏcŭl īnvĕhĭt ūndās;

rēgĭs Ĕrŷthraēī tēllūs haēc nōtă sĕpūlchrō

tēndĭtŭr, ēt nūdīs iŭgă tāntūm caūtĭbŭs hōrrēnt.790

Pērsĭcŭs hīnc aēstūs faūcēs hĭăt: īnsŭlă rūrsūm,

sī tămĕn īn bŏrĕān flēctāntūr cārbăsă cūmbaē,

Īcărŭs āĕrĭō cōnsūrgīt vērtĭce ĭn aūrās,

Īcărŭs īgnĭcŏmō Sōlī săcră; nāmquĕ Săbaēī

tūrĭs ĭbī sēmpēr văgă fūmūm nūbĭlă vōlvūnt.795

Īnsŭlae ĭn Ōcĕănī prōcūrsĭbŭs haē tĭbĭ tāntūm

cārmĭnĕ sūnt dīgnaē: mūltās vĕhĭt ūndĭquĕ pōntūs

praētĕrĕā, pārvās spĕcĭē, fāmāquĕ cărēntiă

pārs Ăsĭām, Lĭbўām pārs ādiăcĕt āltĕră pōntō,

pārs vĭdĕt Eūrōpām: nōn hās tămĕn aūt mŏdŭs ōraē,800

aūt īntērnă căvī cōmmēndāt vēnă mĕtāllī.

hārum ălĭaē dūrīs rĕsĕrānt vīs lītŏră naūtīs,

ēt scăbĕr īn mūltīs scrūpūs rĭgĕt; ūndĭque ĭnīquūs

sūrrĭgĭtūr vērtēx, ĕt ĭnhōspĭtă caēspĭtĭs ōrāst.

hārūm quīs vălĕāt nŭmĕrōsa ūt nōmĭnă fārī?805

sī vĕlĭt hōc ūllūs, vĕlĭt īdēm scīrĕ quŏt āltō

cūrvēntūr flūctūs pĕlăgō, quōt sīdĕră caēlī

ēdūcānt flāmmās, quōt rōbŏră prōfĕrăt Īdă,

quāntŭs hărēnārūm nŭmĕrūs vērsētŭr ăb eūrō.

Cārmĭnĕ nūnc Ăsĭām fōrmēt stĭlŭs: īncŭtĕ dōctām,810

Phoēbĕ, chĕlŷn! tōtīs Hĕlĭcōn āspīrĕt ăb āntrīs.

māxĭmă pārs ōrbīs nārrābĭtŭr; īnclўtă tēllūs

prōmētūr mūsīs. tērrārūm sūmmă dŭārūm

ūnĭŭs ēst līmēs, quaē caēspĭtĕ prōtĕgĭt āmbās.

vāstĭŭs āst Ăsĭaē dītī căpŭt, īndĕquĕ sēnsīm815

īn mātūtīnōs ōrām cōndūcĭtŭr āxēs.

hīc āstārĕ prŏcūl Bācchī fērt fāmă cŏlūmnās,

ūltĭmŭs Ōcĕănī quā tērrās āllŭĭt aēstūs,

Īndĭcă quā rūpēs tŭmĕt ēxtĭmă, quō văgă Gāngēs,

caēspĭtĕ dōrsă trăhēns īn Nŷsaēūm Plătămōnă820

pōrrĭgĭtūr. sĭmĭlīs nēquāquam ēst fōrmă dŭābūs,

nēc mŏdŭs ēst cōmpār: sĕcăt ūnūs dēnĭquĕ pōntūs

Ōcĕănūs, trīnōquĕ sĭnū văgŭs īnflŭĭt aēstūs

ūnam Ăsĭaē mōlēm: sĭnŭs īstām Pērsĭcŭs īntrāt,

māxĭmŭs hānc Ărăbūm scīndīt sĭnŭs, ēt sĭnŭs aēquōr825

īnsĕrĭt Hŷrcānūs: dŭŏ nīgrī pārtĭbŭs aūstrī

cūrvāntūr, rĭgĭdām sūspēctāt tērtĭŭs ārctōn:

hīc ĕt ĭn Eūxīnī prōrēpīt mārmŏrĭs ūndām,

ēt zĕphўrūm tērgō spēctāt prŏcŭl: ādiăcĕt āmbōs

tēllūs mūltă dĕhīnc, ēt lōngīs tēndĭtŭr ārvīs.830

āst Ăsĭam īncūmbīt vāstō mōns āggĕrĕ Taūrūs,

īntērstātquĕ iŭgō mĕdĭām, Pāmphŷlĭă cāmpō

quā iăcĕt, īncĭpĭēns, āc vērtĭcĭs ārdŭă dūcīt

Īndōrum īn pĕlăgūs: nūnc aūtēm sūrrĭgĭt īdēm

ōblīquās ārcēs ēt flēxĭlĭs āĕră pūlsāt;835

nūnc dīrēctă sŏlō tēntūs vēstīgĭă fīgīt.

mīllĕ dĕhīnc āmnēs ūnūs vŏmĭt, ēxĕrĭt ūnūs

flūmĭnă pēr tērrās, vēl quā rĭgĕt ōră Bŏōtīs,

vēl quā lēnĕ nŏtūs spīrāt, quā pērstrĕpĭt eūrūs,

ēt quā dēiēctō zĕphўrūs sūstōllĭtŭr āxĕ.840

nēc tămĕn hīc ūnō sīgnātūr nōmĭne ŭbīquĕ,

sēd dūm flēctĭt ĭtēr, nŏvŭs ēmĭcăt; ūtquĕ tŭmēntī

gēns vīcīnă sŭbēst, pĕrĕgrīnă vŏcābŭlă mūtāt.

Āccĭpĕ, quī pŏpŭlī cīrcūmdēnt dēnĭquĕ Taūrūm.

Maēōtaē prīmī sālsām cīnxērĕ pălūdēm.845

ōbvērsātŭr ĭtēm trūx Sārmătă, bēllĭcă quōndām

gēntĭs Ămāzŏnĭdūm sŭbŏlēs: nām cūm prĭŭs īllaē

ēgīssēnt vāstī prŏpĕ flūmĭnă Thērmōdōntīs

Thrēĭcĭō dē Mārtĕ sătaē, iūnxērĕ prŏfēctaē

cōncŭbĭtūs: lōngās ēxērcēt Sārmătă sīlvās:850

ēx quĭbŭs ēlāpsūs Tănăīs prŏcŭl ārvă pĕrērrāt

bārbăra, ĕt īn sālsām prōtēndīt tērgă pălūdēm.

hīc Ăsĭam Eūrōpā dīstērmĭnăt. ārdŭŭs īstūm

Caūcăsŭs ērūctāt: Scўthĭcōs hīc fūsŭs ĭn āgrōs

īmpācātōrūm nūtrīt pūbēm pŏpŭlōrūm.855

hūiŭs ŭtrūmquĕ lătūs quătĭt āmplīs brūmă prŏcēllīs,

cōnstrīctūmquĕ tĕnēnt hūnc frīgŏră. prōxĭmă rūrsūs

Cīmmĕrĭī Sīndīquĕ cŏlūnt: Cērcētĭă gēns ēst

ādquĕ Tŏrētārūm prōptēr gĕnŭs: īndĕque Ăchaēī,

āb Xānthī rīpīs ātque Īdaēō Sĭmŏēntĕ,860

īntēr chaūrĭcrĕpās ēt scrūpōsās cōnvāllīs,

trānsvēxērĕ lărēm. iūxtā gēns āspĕră dēgīt

Ēnĭŏchī, Zŷgīquĕ dĕhīnc, quī rēgnă Pĕlāsgūm

līnquēntēs, quōndām tĕnŭērūnt prōxĭmă pōntī.

īmpĭgĕr hōs prōptēr Cōlchūs cŏlĭt: īstĕ fĕrācī865

ēxŭl ăb Aēgŷptō cēlsaē sĕrĭt āspĕră rūpīs:

Caūcăsŭs Hŷrcānaē nĭmĭūm cōntērmĭnŭs ūndaē

hūiūs vāllĕ prŏcūl Phāsīs gĕmĭt, īstĭŭs āntrō

āgmĭnă prōvŏlŭīt, Cīrcaēăquĕ lāpsŭs ĭn ārvă

īncĭdĭt, Eūxīnūm. bŏrĕālīs cārdĭnĕ caēlī870

rūrsŭs ĭn ēōaē lūcīs cōnfīnĭă tēllūs

īnclīnātă iăcēt, gĕmĭnō vīcīnă prŏfūndō.

Cāspĭă nām lātē tērrām sŭpĕr āllŭĭt ūndă,

Eūxīnīquĕ sŭbēst tērgūm sălĭs: āspĕr Hĭbērūs

hīc ăgĭt: hīc ōlīm Pŷrēnĭdĕ pūlsŭs ăb ōrā875

caēspĭtĭs ēōī tĕnŭīt sŏlă, ceū văgă saēpĕ

fōrs răpĭt ēxāctōs pătrĭā: tĕnĕt aēquŏră cāmpī

gēns Cămărītārūm, quī pōst cērtāmĭnă Bācchūm,

Īndĭcă Bāssărĭdūm cūm dūcĕrĕt āgmĭnă vīctōr,

āccēpērĕ căsīs, mēnsāsquĕ dĕdērĕ Lўaēō:880

ōrgĭă lūdēntēs ēt nēbrĭdĕ pēctŏră cīnctī

dēdūxērĕ chŏrōs, Nŷsaēī lūdĭcră rītūs.

hōs sŭpĕr īn flūctūs ādsūrgīt Cāspĭă Tēthŷs.

Haēc dīcēndă mĭhī; nēc dīrī gūrgĭtĭs ūmquām

lūstrāvī pīnū frĕtă bārbără, nēc văgŭs ōrbēm885

ūndĭquĕ rēptāvī: sēd vāstī flūmĭnă Gāngīs,

Caūcăsĕās ārcēs ēt dūmĭcŏlās Ărĭēnōs

īncēntōrĕ cănām Phoēbō, mūsīsquĕ măgīstrīs

ōmnĭă vērĭdĭcō dēcūrrēns cārmĭnĕ pāndām.

Cāspĭă pēr tĕrĕtēs Tēthŷs dīstēndĭtŭr ōrās,890

ēt sĭnŭānt cūrvīs hānc tōtām lītŏră tērrīs.

tāntūm sēd fūsō pōntūs iăcĕt īstĕ prŏfūndō,

ūt tēr lūnă prĭūs rĕpărēt făcĭs īncrēmēntă,

quām quīs caērŭlĕūm cĕlĕrī rătĕ trānsĕăt aēquōr.

gūrgĭtĭs Ōcĕănūs pătĕr ēst: nāmque īstĕ nĭvālīs895

āxe Hĕlĭcēs īnfērt răpĭdī frĕtă cōncĭtă pōntī,

ēt sĭnŭs īndĕ sĭbī pĕlăgūs trăhĭt: hīc vădă prōptēr

Cāspĭă vērsātūr Scўthă bēllĭgĕr; hīcquĕ fĕrōcēs

dēgūnt Ālbānī: trūx īllīc ārvă Cădūsūs

dūră tĕnēt, Mārdī cĕlĕrēs, Hŷrcāni, Ăpўrīquĕ.900

caēspĭtĕ vīcīnō Mārdūs flŭĭt, ēt prŏcŭl īpsōs

āccēdīt Bāctrōs; āttīngēns dēnĭque ătrōcēs

āgmĭnĕ Dērcĕbĭōs, mĕdĭūs dīstērmĭnăt āmbōs,

Hŷrcānīquĕ sălīs tŭmĭdō cōnvōlvĭtŭr aēstū.

sēd Bāctrēnă sŏlō vāstō prŏcŭl ārvă rĕcēdūnt,905

Pārnāssīquĕ iŭgī tĕgĭtūr gēns rūpĭbŭs īllă:

Dērcĕbĭōs ălĭūd cŏhĭbēt lătŭs ēt vădă tāngīt

Cāspĭă: tūm clārī phărĕtrīs ăgĭlīquĕ săgīttā

Māssăgĕtaē raūcī sūccēdūnt flūmĕn Ărāxīs:

dūrum āb stīrpĕ gĕnūs, plăcĭdaē mēns nēscĭă vītaē,910

īgnōrānt flāvaē Cĕrĕrīs cōmmērcĭă, Bācchī

sēmpĕr ĭnēxpērtēs ănĭmām trāxērĕ fĕrīnām.

hīs cĭbŭs ēt pōtūs sĭmŭl ēst: nām sānguĕn ĕquīnūm

ēt lāc cōncrētūm pēr bārbără gūttŭră sōrbēnt.

nēc prŏcŭl ād bŏrĕān dīrī pŏsŭērē Chōrāsmī915

hōspĭtĭa, ēt iūxtā prōtēndīt Sūgdĭăs āgrōs,

Sūgdĭăs, īngēntī quām flūmĭnĕ dīssĭcĭt Ōxūs.

hīc prŏcŭl Hēmŏdĭī lātē rŭĭt āggĕrĕ mōntīs,

ēt pēr prōlīxōs ēvēctūs prōtĭnŭs āgrōs

Cāspĭă prōpēllīt flūctū frĕtă: quā pătĕt hūiūs920

flūmĭnĭs ōs, dīrī rīpās hăbĭtānt Iāxārtaē.

tēndĕrĕ nōn hōrūm quīsquām cērtāvĕrĭt ārcūs:

āmbĭtŭs hōs ĕtĕnīm mūltūs trăhĭt, ēt grăvĕ cūrvīs

pōndŭs ĭnēst tāxīs, lōngō sūnt spīcŭlă fērrō,

ēt rĭgŏr īn nērvīs vĕlŭtī bŏvĭs. īndĕ crŭēntī925

sūnt Tŏcărī, Phrūrīquĕ trŭcēs, ĕt ĭnhōspĭtă Sērēs

ārva hăbĭtānt, grĕgĭbūs pērmīxti ŏvĭūmquĕ bŏūmquĕ

vēllĕră pēr sīlvās Sērēs nĕmŏrālĭă cārpūnt.

ūltĭma Ĕpētrīmōs tēllūs hăbĕt: ēt prŏcŭl īstă

cāssă vĭrum ēst, nūllīs pĕcŏrūm bālātĭbŭs āgrī930

pērsūltānt; hērbaē vĭdŭūs iăcĕt ūndĭquĕ caēspēs,

frōndĕ cărēt; nūsquām tērrās īntērsĕcăt āmnīs.

Cāspĭă tōt lātē cīrcūmdānt aēquŏră gēntēs.

Nūnc rūrsum āb Cōlchīs ēt glaūcī Phāsĭdĭs ūndīs

ōccĭdŭum ād sōlēm pŏpŭlōs mĕmŏrātĕ, cămēnaē,935

ūsque īn Thrēĭcĭī faūcēs mărĭs! āspĕră prīmūm

Bŷzērōn ēst gēns: dīrī sūnt īndĕ Bĕchīrēs,

Mācrōnēs, Phўlĭrēsque ēt pērnīx Dūrătĕūm gēns.

īndĕ Tĭbārēnī, Chălўbēs sŭpĕr, ārva ŭbĭ fērrī

dītĭă vūlnĭfĭcī crĕpĭtānt īncūdĭbŭs āltīs.940

pōst hōs Āssўrĭaē tēndūntūr iūgĕră tērraē,

Ārmĕnĭōquĕ iŭgō lātē sūrgēns Thērmōdōn

ērĭgĭtūr cēlsa īn fāstīgĭă prīscă Sĭnōpē.

hānc ūrbēm quōndām, māgnī Iŏvĭs ārdŏr, Ăsōpīs

vīrgŏ, lŏcāns saēvaē prōptēr cōnfīnĭă tērraē,945

aūlam hăbŭīt, plēbēmquĕ sŭō dē nōmĭnĕ dīxīt.

nēc prŏcŭl hīnc pūrūs lătĭcēm prōvōlvĭtŭr Īrīs;

ēt cĭtŭs Ārmĕnĭaē cūrsūm cōnvāllĭbŭs ārcīs,

quā vāstum īn pĕlăgūs vērgīt sāxōsă Cărāmbīs,

ūrgĕt Hălŷs: tūm Pāphlăgŏnūm sătă lōngă pătēscūnt,950

ēt Mărĭāndīnōn gēns īncŏlĭt, ūndĕ trĭfōrmīs

ōră cănīs sŭpĕrās quōndām prōdūxĭt ĭn aūrās

Ālcīdēs Ĕrĕbō: prōptēr Bīthŷnĭă glēbām

ēxĕrĭt: hīc lātē Rhēbās ēxtēndĭtŭr āmnīs,

Rhēbās, cŷănĕī quī dīssĭcĭt aēquŏră pōntī,955

Rhēbās, ārgēntō sĭmĭlēm quī pōrrĭgĭt ūndām.

hī pōntūm cīngūnt pŏpŭlī. nūnc īllă cănātūr

ōra Ăsĭaē, glaūcūs pĕlăgī quām sūblŭĭt aēstūs,

āxĕ nŏti īn faūcēs răpĭdī prŏcŭl Hēllēspōntī,

ēt frĕtă quā spūmānt Aēgŷptĭă pārtĭbŭs aūstrī,960

ūsque Ărăbās ēt lōngă Sўraē cōnfīnĭă tērraē.

dīctum ĕtĕnīm, quāntūs rĭgĭdās Scўthă dēgăt ăd ārctōs.

Cālchēdōn tŭmŭlūs flūctū cīrcūmdătŭs āltō

ēmĭnŭs Eūrōpām prōcērăquĕ moēnĭă Bŷzaē

āspĭcĭt: āb tērgō tēndīt Bēbrŷcĭă glēbām,965

cēlsăquĕ nūbĭfĕraē sūstōllīt cūlmĭnă rūpīs

Mŷsŭs ăgēr: Mŷsōs tăcĭtūm dīffūsŭs ĭn aēquōr

tērgăquĕ flāvēscēns sūlcāt Cĭŭs: hūiŭs ăd ūndām

pūlchĕr Hўlās nŷmphīs quōndām fŭĭt ānxĭă cūră.

Hīnc īn caērŭlĕūm cēdīt sĭnŭs Hēllēspōntūm,970

ēxplĭcăt ēt Phrўgĭām tēllūs īncūrvă Mĭnōrēm;

māiōr Sāngărĭō lātē praēstrīngĭtŭr āmnī.

haēc prŏcŭl ēōōs prōcēdīt plūrĭma ĭn āxēs,

fērtĭlĭs hērbārūm: quā caēlūm rūrsŭs ĭn ūmbrās

īnclīnāt vērtēx, pāndūntūr tērgă Mĭnōrī,975

quaē iăcĕt īmmēnsaē lātē sūb rūpĭbŭs Īdaē,

īnfōrtūnātām pērtīngēns caēspĭtĕ Troīām.

Aēŏlĭs īndĕ pătēt vāstūm sŭpĕr Hēllēspōntūm

Aēgaēī pēr tērgă sălī. prōlīxŭs Ĭōnūm

rūrsŭs ăgēr glēbām prōtēndĭtŭr: hūnc sĕcăt īngēns980

Maēāndēr, sālsīquĕ rŭēns vădă gūrgĭtĭs īntrāt.

cōmmĭnŭs hīc gĕlĭdī quā spīrānt flābra ăquĭlōnīs,

ūrbs Ĕphĕsūs tĕtrĭcaē sūstōllīt fānă Dĭānaē,

mūnŭs Ămāzŏnĭdūm mĕmŏrābĭlĕ; nēc mĭnŭs īndĕ

Lŷdĭă prōcēdēns lōngūm lătŭs ēxplĭcăt eūrō:985

īn quā vītĭfĕraē Mōlūs iŭgă prōsĕrĭt ārcīs,

Ēt Pāctōlŭs ăquās ăgĭt aūrĭgĕr, ārvă cănōrīs

pērsūltānt cŷgnīs, cūrvā sĕdĕt ūndĭquĕ rīpā

crēbĕr ŏlōs, laētīs ādsūrgūnt grāmĭnă cāmpīs,

hērbăquĕ lūxŭrĭāns sŏlă sēmpēr pīnguĭă vēstīt.990

sēd lŏcŭplētĕ măgīs Maēāndrĭă glēbă rĕcūmbīt

ūbĕrĕ, nām blāndī tērrām rĭgăt ūndă Căŷstrī.

Maēŏnĭs hīc ĕtĭām dēdūcīt tūrbă chŏrēās:

aūrĕă sūbnēctūnt haēc vīncŭlă, rītŭs Ĭācchō

lūdĭtŭr, ātquĕ săcrīs fĕrĭūnt ŭlŭlātĭbŭs aēthrām;995

vīrgĭnĕūsquĕ chŏrūs lātē strĕpĭt, ēxĭlĭt ōmnīs

coētŭs, ŭt īnstăbĭlēs văgă pēndēnt cōrpŏră dāmmaē:

Chaūrōrūm quŏquĕ flābră dĕō fămŭlāntĭă lūdūnt

rītĭbŭs īn vūlgī; sŭbĕūnt haēc sērĭcă saēpĕ

pāllĭa, ĕt īmpūlsī zĕphўrīs ăgĭtāntŭr ămīctūs.1000

haēc līnquēndă tămēn laētō rĕŏr ōmnĭă Lŷdō.

Quā sē Xānthŭs ăgīt, Lўcĭōrūm tēndĭtŭr ōră

īnclīnātă mărī, sūrgūnt ĭbĭ cūlmĭnă Taūrī

Pāmphўlĭae īn fīnēs: hīc īdēm Crāgŭs hăbētūr

nōmĭnĕ sūb gēntīs: prŏpĕ cēlsām sūrgĭt ĭn ārcēm1005

prīscă Sĭdē: fōmēs călĭdīs ădŏlētŭr ĭn ārīs

saēpĕ Dĭōnaēaē Vĕnĕrī: stāt Cōrўcŭs āltă,

stāt Pērgē prōptēr, mĭcăt ārdŭă tēctă Phăsēlīs

ēmĭnŭs, ēt Phoēbī rădĭīs trĕmĭt aēmŭlŭs ārdōr.

īndĕ Lўcāŏnĭaē trāctūs iăcĕt: īmpĭgĕr āgrōs1010

īncŏlă dēcūrrīt, sĭtĭt ātrūm dīră crŭōrēm

gēns hŏmĭnum, ēt saēvō pāscūntūr pēctŏră bēllō.

tūm Pīsīdă fĕrōx ēxērcēt pīnguĭă cūltă,

Tēlmīssūsquĕ dĕhīnc ūrbs ēmĭnĕt, ēmĭnĕt ārcēm

īnclўtă pēr nūbēs āttōllēns moēnĭă Lŷrbē,1015

ēt Lăcĕdaēmŏnĭaē sūrgūnt fāstīgĭă Sēlgēs.

Plūrĭmŭs hīnc tērrās īntrāt sĭnŭs, ūndăquĕ lōngē

vīcīna Eūxīnō rūptī sŏlă caēspĭtĭs ūrgēt.

hīc dīrōs Cĭlĭcās trāmēs tĕnĕt, īnquĕ dĭēī

tēndĭtŭr ēxōrtūm: sūlcānt dŭŏ flūmĭnă tērrām,1020

Pŷrămŭs hīc ūndās, hīc vōlvīt Pīnărŭs aēquōr.

Cŷdnŭs ĭtēm mĕdĭaē dīscērnīt moēnĭă Tārsī.

Pēgăsŭs hōc ōlīm sūspēndīt caēspĭtĕ sēsē,

īmprēssīquĕ sŏlō līquīt vēstīgĭă cālcīs;

ēssĕt ŭt īnsīgnī rĕvŏlūta īn saēcŭlă sēmpēr1025

nōmĕn hŭmō, clārī pōst ūltĭmă Bēllĕrŏphōntīs.

sīc caēspēs lātē prōdūcĭt Ălēĭŭs ārvă,

hōrrēscītquĕ cŏmīs nĕmŏrūm, pĕr ĭnhōspĭtă cūiūs

aēquŏră sēcrētō vītām prōtrāxĕrăt āgrō.

Lŷrnēssūsquĕ dĕhīnc, hīc Mālŭs ĕt Ānchĭălīă,1030

īllūstrēsquĕ Sŏloē pōst cārmĭnă vātĭs ălūmnī.

Cōmmāgēnōrūm prōptēr dīffūndĭtŭr ōră:

ēt prŏcŭl Hēspĕrĭūm cūrvātūr līmĕs ĭn āxēm,

dōnēc pīnĭfĕrās Căsĭī prōrēpăt ăd ārcēs.

Hīnc sōlērs Ăsĭām făcĭlī căpĕ cārmĭnĕ tōtām.1035

fōrmă sĭt hūiŭs ĕnīm tālīs tĭbĭ: quāttŭŏr īllām

īn lătĕra ēffūsām cōrdī dătŏ; lōngĭŏr aūtēm

sīt mŏdŭs hīs, rŭtĭlī quaē spēctānt sīdĕrĭs ōrtūm:

tūmquĕ tĕnē, prīmō quōd cārmĭnĕ mūsă lŏcūtă,

tōtam Ăsĭām cēlsī praēcīngī vērtĭcĕ Taūrī1040

ēxtĭma ĭn Īndōrūm: mōntīs tămĕn āccĭpĕ mōlēm

pēr lătŭs īd dūcī, quō dāt Cўnŏsūră prŭīnās:

sōlĭs ăb ōccāsū vāstūm dēcūrrĕrĕ Nīlūm:

Īndĭcum ăb ēōīs mărĕ fērvĕrĕ, rūrsŭs ăb aūstrō

flūctĭbŭs īmmŏdĭcīs Rūbrī sălĭs aēquŏră vōlvī.1045

ōră Sўrūm cūrvī prōcūmbēns lītŏrĭs āctă

īn nŏtum ĕt ēōī cōnfīnĭă tēndĭtŭr eūrī.

haēc Coēle ēst Grāiō sūb nōmĭnĕ: nāmquĕ dŭōbūs

ūt cōnclūsă iŭgīs, vāllīs vĭcĕ, mūltă căvātūr.

āb zĕphўrō Căsĭūs mōns īmmĭnĕt: āxĕ dĭēī1050

cōnsūrgēntĭs ĭtēm Lĭbănūs prĕmĭt ārdŭŭs ārvă.

pārs prŏcŭl ā pĕlăgō tērrās cŏlĭt, īnquĕ rĕcēssū

gēns ăgĭtāt: sālsō quīdquīd pūlsātŭr ăb aēstū,

Phoēnīcūm rĕgĭo ēst: hī Rūbro ā gūrgĭtĕ quōndām

mūtāvērĕ dŏmūs, prīmīquĕ pĕr aēquŏră vēctī1055

lūstrāvērĕ sălūm; prīmī dŏcŭērĕ cărīnīs

fērrĕ căvīs ōrbīs cōmmērcĭă; sīdĕră prīmī

sērvāvērĕ pŏlō; pŏpŭlīs Phoēnīcĭbŭs ērgō

ūrbs Ĭŏpē, stĕrĭlīsquĕ dĕhīnc hăbĭtātŭr Ĕlāīs,

Gāzăquĕ prōcērīs ādsūrgēns ūndĭquĕ mūrīs.1060

hīc Tўrŭs ēst ŏpŭlēns, ēt Bērўtŭs ōptĭmă, Bŷblōs,

Sīdŏnĭīquĕ lărēs; ŭbĭ lābēns āgmĭne ămoēnō

caēspĭtĭs īrrĭgŭī Bōstrēnūs iūgĕră fīndīt.

Nēc mĭnŭs hīc Trĭpŏlīs pīnguī sŏlă pōrrĭgĭt āgrō;

Ōrthōsīsquĕ dĕhīnc āttōllĭtŭr: hīc Mărăthūs stāt.1065

lītŏrĭs ēxtrēmō căpŭt āltīs tūrrĭbŭs ēffērt

Lāŏdĭce, ēt glaūcī praēlāmbĭtŭr aēquŏrĭs ūndā.

hīc nĕmŏrōsă vĭrēnt Dāphnaē lŏcă, cēlsă cŭprēssūs

ērĭgĭtūr, rāmōs īnnēctīt laūrŭs ŏdōră,

crīnĕ Dĭōnaēō mŷrtūs dīffūndĭtŭr, āltaē1070

cōnsūrgūnt pīnūs, ēt caēlūm sībĭlă pūlsānt

rōbŏră, mōllĭcŏmīs tēllūs īnstērnĭtŭr hērbīs.

ūrbs mĕdĭīs Ăpămēă dĕhīnc cōnsīstĭt ĭn ārvīs,

ēt quā Phoēbēām prŏcŭl īncūnābŭlă lūcēm

prīmă fŏvēnt, Ĕmĕsūs fāstīgĭă cēlsă rĕnīdēt.1075

nām dīffūsă sŏlō lătŭs ēxplĭcăt, āc sŭbĭt aūrās

tūrrĭbŭs īn caēlūm nītēntĭbŭs: īncŏlă clārīs

cōr stŭdĭīs ăcŭīt, vītām pĭŭs īmbŭĭt ōrdŏ:

dēnĭquĕ flāmmĭcŏmō dēvōtī pēctŏră Sōlī

vītam ăgĭtānt: Lĭbănūs frōndōsă căcūmĭnă tūrgēt,1080

ēt tămĕn hīs cēlsī cērtānt fāstīgĭă tēmplī.

hīc scīndīt iūxtā tēllūrēm glaūcŭs Ŏrōntēs,

nēc prŏcŭl Āntĭŏchī văgŭs īntērlābĭtŭr ūrbēm,

praēstrīngēns ūndīs Ăpămēnaē iūgĕră glēbaē.

fērtĭlĭs hīc caēspēs prōtēndĭtŭr, ārvăque ămīcă1085

sūnt pĕcŏri, īn sēptū făcĭlīs Pōmōnă rĕsūrgīt,

ēt fēcūndă Cĕrēs cāmpō flāvēscĭt ăpērtō.

Sī rūrsūs tĕpĭdūm vĭă dēflēctātŭr ĭn aūstrūm,

cūrvă sĭnūs Ărăbī sūccēdēnt aēquŏră prōptēr.

nāmque Ărăbās Sўrĭaēquĕ sŏlūm sĭnŭs īstĕ flŭēntō1090

dīvĭdĭt, ēt tēntīs prŏcŭl īntērfūndĭtŭr ūndīs:

ēt tămĕn ēōōs paūlum īnclīnātŭr ĭn āxēs

ūsque īn bēllĭgĕrī cōnfīnĭă flēxŭs Ĕlānī.

hīnc tēllūs Ărăbūm prōdūcīt caēspĭtĕ cāmpōs,

ēt lătĕra āb gĕmĭnō sălĕ cīngĭtŭr; āllŭĭt aēstūs1095

Pērsĭcŭs hānc, Ărăbūmquĕ sĭnūs rĭgăt aēquŏrĕ tērrām.

hīs sŭă flābră pŏlō spīrānt: nām Pērsĭcŭs eūrō

tūrgēscīt vēntō, zĕphўrō sĭnŭs aēstŭăt āltēr.

pārs aūtem īn prīmōs quaē sēmēt pōrrĭgĭt ōrtūs,

ēt nŏtŭs īnsūrgīt quā nūbĭfĕr, aēquŏrĕ Rūbrī1100

tāngĭtŭr Ōcĕănī; fēlīcī tērră rĕcūmbīt

tōtă sŏlō: tēllūs hīc sēmpēr frāgrăt ŏdōrō

caēspĭtĕ: prōrūmpīt lăcrĭmōsō stīpĭtĕ mŷrrhă,

Mŷrrhă fŭrōr quōndām Cĭnўrēĭŭs; hīc lădănī vīm

vēllĕră dēsūdānt, călămī cŏmă pūllŭlăt ālmī,1105

gīgnĭt hŭmūs căsĭām, cōncrēscūnt tūră pĕr āgrōs,

lōngăquĕ fēcūndīs pīnguēscĭt ŏdōrĭbŭs ōră.

vēră fĭdēs, īllīc fĕmŏrīs sŭb ĭmāgĭnĕ pārtūs

dīsrūpīssē Iōvēm pĕnĕtrālĭă; prōdĕrĕt ōrtūs

ūt săcĕr aēthĕrĭā fūlgēntēm frōntĕ Lўaēūm.1110

nāscēntī Bācchō rīsīt pătĕr, ūndĭquĕ fūlsīt

caēlĭcŏlūm sēdēs, cōnvēxăquĕ pūră tĕtēndīt

fēstă dĭēs: tēllūs ēffūdīt dīvĕs ŏdōrēs;

vīllōrūm sŭbĭtīs tŭmŭīt pĕcŭs īncrēmēntīs:

vēr hăbŭērĕ sŭūm nŏvă grāmĭnă, flōrĕ frĕquēntī1115

pīnsīt tērră sĭnūs, āc nŷmphīs ūndă cŭcūrrīt

lārgĭŏr: īntērnīs ĕtĭām prŏcŭl ūndĭque ăb ōrīs

ālĕs ămīcă dĕō lārgūm cōngēssĭt ămōmūm.

ēxtēmplō Lībēr sūbnēctīt nēbrĭdĕ pēctūs,

ēffūsāsquĕ cŏmās hĕdĕrā lĭgăt, īndĕ vĭrēntīs1120

āttōllīt thŷrsōs, ēt blāndī lūmĭnĭs īgnĕ

ōs hĭlărāt, tōtāquĕ cĕlēr dīffūndĭtŭr aēthrā.

Sēd prōptēr Lĭbănūm tērrām sūlcānt Năbătaēī,

Chaūlăsĭīquĕ dĕhīnc, Āgraēī rūrsŭs ĕt īndĕ

Hātrămĭs ēst tēllūs: Mācaē vīcīnă flŭēntō1125

Pērsĭdĭs āccēdūnt: Rŭtĭlī cōntērmĭnă pōntī

Mīnaēī Săbătaēquĕ tĕnēnt; sŭpĕr īmpĭgĕr āmplă

aēquŏră dēsūlcāt glēbaē dītīs Clĕtăvēnūs.

Plūrĭmă praētĕrĕā gēns cīrcūmplēctĭtŭr īllīc

ōram Ărăbūm, mūtā sēd dēgūnt āgmĭnă fāmā,1130

ēt nŭmĕrūs cūnctīs īnglōrĭŭs: īndĕ făvōnī

quā plăgă fēcūndīs ălĭt ālmōs flātĭbŭs āgrōs,

bārbără mōntĭvăgōs tēllūs ēxtēndĭt Ĕrēmbās.

hī vītām dūrīs ăgĭtānt īn caūtĭbŭs ōmnēm,

īntēctīque ārtūs ērēpūnt ārdŭă sēmpēr1135

cūlmĭnă sāxōrūm: nōn ōllīs pābŭla ĭn ūsūm

tērră părīt: glēbās ābrōdūnt mōrĕ fĕrārūm

iēiūnās hērbaē, nĕc ămīcās frūgĭbŭs ūllīs.

Hīnc ūltrā Lĭbănī rūrsūm fāstīgĭă cēlsī,

lūx Hўpĕrīŏnĭō quā sē sūstōllĭt ăb ōrtū,1140

āltĕrĭūs Sўrĭaē līmēs iăcĕt ūsquĕ Sĭnōpēn

gūrgĭtĭs āttĭgŭām; mĕdĭīs hīc īmpĭgra ĭn ārvīs

Cāppădŏcūm gēns ēst: prōptēr frĕtă tūrgĭdă rūrsūs

Āssўrĭī iūxtā sūnt ōstĭă Thērmōdōntīs,

ēt fēstīnă cĭtīs ēvōlvĭtŭr ūndă flŭēntīs.1145

Nēc prŏcŭl, āttōllīt quā sē făcĭs ārdŏr ĕōaē,

plūrĭmŭs Eūphrātaē mānāt lĭquŏr: īstĕ fĕrōcī

fūsŭs ăb Ārmĕnĭā vāstūm căpŭt ēxĕrĭt āntrō,

īnquĕ nŏtūm prīmaē prōtēndĭtŭr āgmĭnĕ mōlīs;

āt mātūtīnōs ĭtĕrūm cōnvērsŭs ĭn āxēs,1150

dīvĭdĭt īnsērtō mĕdĭām Băbўlōnă flŭēntō.

īndĕ Tĕrēdŏnĭaē iŭgă prōptēr māxĭmă rūpīs

Pērsĭdĭs īn pōntūm spārsō cădĭt ēfflŭŭs āmnī.

Hūnc sŭpĕr, īn sēptēm quāntūm vĭă cārpĭtŭr ōrtūs

caēspĭtĭs ēxtēntī spătĭīs, cĭtŭs aēquŏră Tīgrīs1155

prōnă rŏtāns, ēt sāxă iŭgīs āvūlsă sŭpērnīs,

ēt tōtās lātē cĕlĕrī trăhĭt āgmĭnĕ sīlvās.

quīn ēt vāstă pălūs mĕdĭō dīstēndĭtŭr āgrō;

māxĭmŭs hānc flūctū Tīgrīs sĕcăt: īntrăt ăpērtī

tērgă lăcūs, stŭpĕt ūndă sĭlēns, tăcĭtaēquĕ rĕcūmbūnt1160

aēquŏră Thōspītīs; sŏlĭdārūm dēnĭquĕ mōrĕ

rīpārūm stāgnī făcĭēs īncīsă quĭēscīt,

īnvēctūmquĕ sĭbī cŏhĭbēns āltrīnsĕcŭs āmnēm

stāt dīsclūsă pălūs. sīc Ēlĭdĭs īncŏlă pōntūm

dīssĭcĭt Ālphēūs: pĕlăgō sīc īnsĕrĭt ūndās1165

īllaēsum ōptātaē flūmēn dūcēns Ărĕthūsaē.

ērgŏ pĕr ēt stāgnūm vĕhĭtūr cĕlĕr āmnĭs ăpērtūm,

hōc ēlāpsŭs ĭtēm vīm prōnī gūrgĭtĭs ūrgēt.

nōn ălĭūm tāntūs răpĭt īmpĕtŭs; haūd ĭtă quīsquām

spūmēscīt flūctūs, nĕquĕ tāntōs ūllă frăgōrēs1170

ūndă cĭēt. mĕdĭō quaē tēllūs fūndĭtŭr āgrō,

hōc Īntērāmnīs nōmēn tĕnĕt; ūt sĭtŭs īllām

flūmĭnĕ praēcīnctām gĕmĭnō pĕr ăpērtă lŏcāvīt.

nōn quī lānātūm lōngō pĕcŭs ēdŭcăt āgrō,

aūt quī cōrnĭgĕrī dūctōr grĕgĭs ārvă pĕrērrāt,1175

grāmĭnă quī pāstōr sīmīs pĕtĭt āptă căpēllīs,

quīquĕ căvō sōlērs cōmmīttīt sēmĭnă sūlcō,

quēm Pōmōnă iŭvāt, quēm rāmīs aēscŭlŭs āltīs

īllĭcĭt, ēt pīnguī dēpēndēns sūbĕrĕ glāndō;

brācchĭă Nŷsaēī quī pālmĭtĭs ōrdĭnĕ iūstō1180

dīgĕrĭt, aūt tēctīs sīquīs dŏlăt īmpĭgĕr ōrnōs,

vēl sălĭs īn flūctūs quī cūmbām nāvĭtă tēxīt,

sprēvĕrĭt hōs sāltūs: nĭhĭl īndĭgă sūbtrăhĭt ōră:

dīvĕs hŭmō tēllūs, dīvēs iăcĕt ārbŏrĕ caēspēs.

īstĭŭs īn bŏrĕān quīdquīd prōtēndĭtŭr āgrī,1185

Ārmĕnĭi ēt vītā dūrī sūlcānt Mătĭēnī.

Quā sūnt flābră nŏtī, Băbўlōn sūbdūcĭtŭr ārcĕ

prōcēra īn nūbēs: hānc prīscă Sĕmīrămĭs ūrbēm

vāllāvīt mūrīs, quōs nōn ābsūmĕrĕ flāmmaē,

nōn ărĭēs pĕnĕtrārĕ quĕāt: stāt māxĭmă Bēlī1190

aūlă quŏque ārgēntō, dŏmŭs Īndō dēntĕ nĭtēscīt,

aūrūm tēcta ŏpĕrīt, sŏlă lātē cōntĕgĭt aūrūm.

īpsă dĕhīnc tēllūs, quaē cīrcūmplēctĭtŭr ūrbēm,

ēt prōcērārūm flūctū vērnāt pālmārūm,

ēt splēndēntĕ prŏcūl bērŷllō fērtă rĕnīdēt.1195

hīc tămĕn īntērnīs Ŏphĭētĭdĭs ārcĭs ĭn ārvīs

īntēr gēmmĭfĕrās ēxcrēscīt crēbĕr hărēnās.

hīnc Băbўlōnă sŭpēr, gĕmĭnaē prō fīnĭbŭs ūrsaē,

Cīssī Māssăbătaēque ēt Chālōnītă văgāntūr.

Āt rūrsum Ārmĕnĭaē sīquīs pĕdĕ pērgăt ăb ārcĕ1200

rūpĭs, ĕt ēōās grēssūm prōdūcăt ĭn ōrās,

Mēdĭcă prōlīxōs spēctābīt rēgnă pĕr āgrōs.

hōrūm quī gĕlĭdī sūccēdūnt plaūstră Bŏōtīs,

pīnguĭă rūră tĕnēnt: sūnt īllīc Ātrŏpătēnī,

sūnt Gēri ēt Mārdī. tĕpĭdūm quī rūrsŭs ăd aūstrūm1205

ōram hăbĭtānt, Scўthĭcaē dēdūcūnt sēmĭnă gēntīs.

nām Mēdēă fĕrōx fŭĭt ōllīs sānguĭnĭs aūctōr.

haēc cūm Pāndiōnīs lētūm cōmpōnĕrĕt aūlaē,

Āttĭcă quā pūlchrō tēllūs pīnguēscĭt Ĭlīssō,

prōdĭtŭr, īnquĕ fŭgām prŏpĕrē cōnvērtĭtŭr ēxūl.1210

hās pōst īn tērrās pīnū sŭbĭt Aēētīnē,

īnsēdītquĕ lŏcōs: vĕtĕrēs āccēdĕrĕ Cōlchōs

nūlla ĭnĕrāt mēntī fīdūcĭă; dēnĭque ăb īllā

Mēdōrūm sŭbŏlī măgĭcaē fŭrŏr ārtĭs ĭnhaērēt.

pārs gēntīs, rŭtĭlōs Phoēbī quaē spēctăt ĭn ōrtūs,1215

sāxa hăbĭtāt, sāxīs ēxcūdīt nārcīssītēn:

quī prōptēr dūmōs nĕmŏrōsăquĕ rūră văgāntūr,

īn pĕcŭs īntēntī, crēbrō grĕgĕ pāscŭă tōndēnt.

Mēdĭcă sē tāntōs ēffūndīt glēbă pĕr āgrōs,

Cāspĭa ŭt ēxtēntō cōntīngāt caēspĭtĕ claūstră.1220

haēc Ăsĭaē dīgērĕ fŏrēs, hĭĕt ōrĕ quŏd īllō

pōrtă quăsi, ēt lōngās bĭvĭūm dīscēdăt ĭn ōrās.

pāndĭtŭr Hŷrcānīs hīnc iānŭă; iānŭă Pērsīs

hīnc pătĕt, īmbrĭfĕrūm quā vērgīt mūndŭs ĭn aūstrūm.

Ēccĕ sŭb īmmēnsō pōrtārūm vērtĭcĕ Pārthī1225

rūră tĕnēnt, cūrvī nēquīcquām vōmĕrĭs ūsū

sōllĭcĭtāndă sĭbī; nōn ōllīs cūră lăbōrquĕ,

aēquŏră tērrārūm grăvĭbūs cōmpōnĕrĕ rāstrīs:

ēxērcēnt saēvī sē sēmpēr Mārtĭs ĭn ārmă.

sīcă cŏmēs lătĕri ēst, mănŭs aūtem hāstīlĭă vībrāt,1230

dēmīttūnt phărĕtrās ŭmĕrīs ēt lētĭfĕr ārcūs

sēmpĕr ĭnēst laēsaē: nĕquĕ pēr cōmpēndĭă dīrās

prōdūcūnt ănĭmās; nōn pūppĭbŭs aēquŏră sūlcānt:

nōn prōnī grĕgĭbūs pĕcŏrīs fĕră vītă iŭvātūr.

sēd quătĭt ālĭpĕdūm sŏlă sēmpēr cūrsŭs ĕquōrūm,1235

pūlsăquĕ tērră gĕmīt: dīscūrrūnt crēbră pĕr aūrās

spīcŭlă, mīssĭlĭbūs lātē sūbtēgĭtŭr āēr.

Quīn ĕtĭām pōst hōs ămŏr ēst sī dīscĕrĕ Pērsās

cōnsĭmĭlīs, sōlērsquĕ trăhīt tē cūră pĕr ōrbēm;

hās quŏquĕ mūsă tĭbī fōrmābīt cārmĭnĕ tērrās,1240

quaē lĭquĭdōs āmnīs vĭă dēvĕhăt, ūtquĕ iŭgōrūm

cōnsūrgāt vērtēx, quĭbŭs ōrīs ārvă rĕcūmbānt

bārbără, fāmōsūm quī Pērsām rōbŏrĕt ūsūs.

quīppe Ăsĭānārūm prīmī dēgūnt rĕgĭōnūm.

vīta ŏpŭlēns gēntī, gāzās quŏquĕ tērră mĭnīstrāt1245

ōmnĭbŭs, ēt lārgūm pŏpŭlīs prōdūcĭtŭr aēvūm.

dīvĕs ĭn hīs mōs ēst iām lōngī tēmpŏrĕ saēclī,

ēx quō Maēŏnĭām bēllō trīvērĕ crŭēntō.

īllūdūnt aūrō vēstēs, ēt cūnctă tĕgūntūr

aūrō mēmbră vĭrīs, aūrō vēstīgĭă cōndūnt:1250

tāntūs Pērsārūm dīssōlvīt pēctŏră lūxūs.

īpsa aūtēm tēllūs īnclūsa ēst mōntĭbŭs āltīs,

ūndĭque ĭn aūstrālēm lătŭs īnclīnātĭŏr āxēm,

āc bŏrĕān lōngē, lōngē quŏquĕ Cāspĭă claūstră

dēsĕrĭt, ātquĕ nŏtī plăcĭdā pērfūndĭtŭr aūrā.1255

īstĭŭs āt spătĭīs fīnēm dāt Pērsĭcŭs aēstūs,

īncŏlĭtūrquĕ sŏlūm pŏpŭlīs trĭbŭs. ūnă sŭb ārctō

pārs ăgĭt, ārmĭgĕrīs nĭmĭūm cōntērmĭnă Mēdīs:

āltĕră pēr mĕdĭaē tēllūrīs tērgă văgātūr:

pōrro ād flābră nŏtī, pĕlăgūs prŏpĕ, tērtĭă dēgīt.1260

Pērsĭdĭs, ēt rĭgĭdās cūrvānt lābēntĭă rīpās.

ārvă sĕcāt Cŷrūs, pērrūmpīt rūră Cŏāspēs,

Īndĭcă prōvōlvēns prŏcŭl aēquŏră: cūiŭs ăd ūndām

īncŏlă flāvēntēm stŭdĭō sēctātŭr ăchātēm.

nām cūm brūmālī cĕcĭdērūnt sīdĕrĕ nīmbī,1265

īmbrĭbŭs ēt caēlō fūsīs fŭrĭt aūctĭŏr āmnīs.

Hōs lăpĭdēs lātē flūmēn trăhĭt: ūndĭquĕ tēllūs

cīrcūmiēctă dĕhīnc laētī vĭrĕt ūbĕrĕ cāmpī.

Sēd quā caērŭlĕām sĭnŭs īnfērt Pērsĭcŭs ūndām,

gēns Cārmānōrūm lātē cŏlĭt: hānc făcĭs ōrtūs1270

ūrīt Phoēbēaē; tāntō quŏquĕ fūndĭtŭr āgrō,

ūt sĭmŭl ēt glaūcī cōntīngāt gūrgĭtĭs aēstūm,

ēt prŏcŭl īntērnaē pērrēptēt iūgĕră tērraē.

Hōs sŭpĕr ēt tēllūs tēndīt Gēdrōsĭă glēbām

Ōcĕănī vīcīnă frĕtīs; āt flūmĕn ăd Īndūm1275

Aūrōraēquĕ lătūs Scўthă mītī prōxĭmŭs aūstrō

āccŏlĭt: aūstrālīs cērtē Scўthă dīcĭtŭr īstĕ:

nāmque ălĭī dūrā pūlsāntūr dēsŭpĕr ārctō.

Īndūs Caūcăsĭaē prōrūmpēns rūpĭs ăb āntrō

ādvērsūm pĕlăgō Rūbrī prŏcŭl aēquŏrĭs āmnēm1280

pōrrĭgĭt, īnquĕ nŏtūm rēctō flŭĭt āgmĭne ăquārūm.

ōră dĕhīnc Īndō dŭŏ sūnt, mĕdĭūmquĕ pĕr āgrūm

īnsŭlă sē vāstō fūndīt tērgō Pătălēnē.

īnnŭmĕrās īdēm dīspēscīt flūmĭnĕ gēntēs,

Ōrītās Ărĭbāsque ēt vēlōcēs Ărăchōtās,1285

ēt Sātram īnfīdūm, vēl quī pĕr ĭnhōspĭtă lātē

dīscrētī pŏpŭlīs, dīscrētī fīnĭbŭs āgrī

ārva ăgĭtānt, ūnō sēd nōmĭnĕ sūnt Ărĭēnī.

hī quāmquām stĕrĭlēs dēcūrrānt sēmpĕr hărēnās,

mūnĕră nēc cārpānt cĕrĕālĭă, nēc nŏvă prēlō1290

mūstă prĕmānt, fūlvō tămĕn īnvēnērĕ cŏrāllō

pāndĕrĕ vīvēndī cōmmērcĭă, quaērĕrĕ pūlchraē

Sāpphīrī lătĕbrās ēt praēdūrōs ădămāntās.

Cāllĭŏpe, Īndōrūm pŏpŭlōs ēt rēgnă cănāmūs.

ūltĭmă tērrārūm tēllūs āspērgĭtŭr Īndī1295

flūctĭbŭs Ōcĕănī; prīmām cŏquĭt hānc rădĭīs sōl,

sōl Hўpĕrīŏnĭūs, sōl māgnī grātĭă mūndī,

āstrōrūm gĕnĭtōr, lūcīs sătŏr ēt vĭgŏr aēthraē.

sēd gēnti Īndōrūm taētēr cŏlŏr: ēfflŭă sēmpēr

hīs cŏmă līvēntēs ĭmĭtātūr crīne hўăcīnthōs.1300

tērrārum īn lătĕbrīs ēxclūdānt caūtĕ mĕtāllă:

pārs tēlās stătŭūnt, ēt vēstīmēntă lăbōrānt

līntĕă: pārs Īndī prōcūrāt sēgmĭnă dēntīs,

ātque ĕbŭr īnvĭgĭlāt: mūltī, quā flūmĭnă nīmbīs

Aūgĕt hĭēms, vāstum ūt lātē trăhăt āgmĕn ăquārūm1305

ālvĕŭs, ēt cēlsās ēvīncānt aēquŏră rīpās,

pālāntēs ŏbĕūnt bērŷllūm, prōnă flŭēntă

quēm prŏcŭl īntērnīs ā fīnĭbŭs, aūt ădămāntă

dētŭlĕrīnt: hīs glaūcă dĕhīnc tōrnātŭr ĭāspīs.

nēc mĭnŭs ēt bācās ălĭī prŏpĕ mārmŏră cūrvīs1310

ēxcūdūnt cōnchīs: pārs rūrsūm dīvĭtĕ cūrā

hērbōsī lăpĭdīs vēnās fŏdĭt: hīquĕ rŭbōrĕ

sūffūsās blāndō quaērūnt cāmpīs ămĕthŷstōs.

hōrūm dīvĕs ĕnīm tēllūs ēst Īndĭcă sēmpēr,

ēt tālī scrūpō caēspēs tŭmĕt: āmnĭbŭs aūtēm1315

fērtĭlĭs īrrĭgŭīs crēbrō praēlāmbĭtŭr ōră:

ēxtēndūnt cēlsī văgă lātē brāchĭă lūcī,

ēt vērnāt nĕmŏrūm sēmpēr cŏmă. nūnc tĭbĭ fōrmām

tērrārum ēxpĕdĭām, nūnc cārmĭnĕ flūmĭnă fābōr,

nūnc rĭgĭdōs mōntēs, nūnc mūltaē dēnĭquĕ gēntīs1320

ābsōlvām pŏpŭlōs. lătĕra āgrīs ūndĭque ĭn Īndīs

quāttŭŏr ēssĕ tĕnē: cŏĕānt tŏt ĕt āngŭli ăb ōmnī

pārtĕ sĭbi, ōblīquē claūdēntēs ēxtĭmă tērraē,

ceū spĕcĭēs rhōmbo ēst. zĕphўrī dē pārtĭbŭs, Īndūs

gūrgĭtĭs ōccūrsū fīt cērtaē tērmĭnŭs ōraē:1325

āxĕ nŏtī, Rūbrī lātē sălĭs ōbiăcĕt ūndă:

flūmĕn ĭtēm Gāngēs fīt līmēs caēspĭti ĕōō;

ādquĕ Lўcāŏnĭā cōnsūrgīt Caūcăsŭs ārctō.

aēquŏrĕ quā fūsō lătĭcēm prŏvŏlūĭtŭr Īndūs,

Dārdănĭdūm gēns ēst, ŭbĭ māgnūs sōrbĕt Hўdāspēs1330

dēlāpsūm sūmmā sāxōrūm mōle Ăcĕsīnēn.

tērtĭŭs āmnĭs ĭtēm sĕcăt āgrī prōxĭmă Cōfēs;

īn mĕdĭōquĕ Săbaē sūnt caēspĭtĕ: gēns quŏquĕ Sōdrī

prōptĕr ăgīt; pŏpŭlīquĕ dĕhīnc vĕlŭt ōrdĭnĕ fāctō

Peūcălĕūm lōngās ēxērcēnt vōmĕrĕ tērrās.1335

Gārgărĭdaē rūrsūm: gēns haēc ōbnōxĭă Bācchō,

ēt glēbām sūlcānt, ēt rītĭbŭs ōrgĭă lūdūnt.

Hīc Hўpănīs lātēquĕ trăhēns văgă tērgă Cўmāndēr,

rūpĕ prŏcūl fūlvūm prōvōlvūnt flūctĭbŭs aūrūm:

nēc mĭnŭs hī cāmpōs īntrānt Gāngētĭdĭs ōraē,1340

quaē pēr flābră nŏtī fūsō dīstēndĭtŭr āgrō,

ūsque īn cēlsă iăcēns cōnfīnĭă Cōlĭdĭs ārcīs.

Cōlĭs ĕt īpsă dĕhīnc cētōsī vērgĭt ĭn aēquōr

Ōcĕănī, tāntōquĕ iŭgō sŭbĭt aēthĕrĭs aūrās,

ārcĕăt ālĭtŭūm sūbdūcta ūt rūpĕ vŏlātūm.1345

sēd cīrcūm Gāngēn rĕgĭo ēst dēvōtă Lўaēō,

pērpĕtŭīquĕ săcrī tālīs nārrātŭr ŏrīgŏ.

Īndōrum īn pŏpŭlōs fātālĭă Lībĕr ăgēbāt

proēlĭă: vīpĕrĕō lātē Bēllōnă flăgēllō

īncrĕpăt, ēt māgnō trĕmŭērūnt rēgnă păvōrĕ,1350

īnsīstēntĕ dĕō. vĕnĭt ērgo ād flūmĭnă Gāngīs,

dīscūrsūquĕ săcrō praēlūdīt proēlĭă Lībēr.

Maēnădĕs ēxtēmplō măcŭlōsaē nēbrĭdĭs ūsūm

pērmūtānt clĭpĕīs, vĭrĭdīque hāstīlĭă thŷrsō

sūccēdūnt; sōlvūnt prŏpĕrāntēs līntĕă Bācchaē1355

vīncŭlă, vīrōsō pēctūs vīnxērĕ drăcōnĕ;

prō mōllī vīttā prōrēpūnt crīnĕ chĕlŷdrī;

ēxcītōquĕ fĕrōx pērsūltăt ĭn āgmĭnĕ Māvōrs:

dūx ăquĭlās īn bēllă răpīt, trĕmĭt Īndĭcă tēllūs

prēssă pĕde, ēt tōtō tŏnŭērūnt clāssĭcă caēlō.1360

ērgo ēt Nŷsaēōs dīscīt gēns rītĕ rĕcēssūs,

ēt stătă sōllĭcĭtō dēdūcūnt ōrgĭă rītū.

īpsĕ dĕhīnc dīrōs ūt Lībēr pērcŭlĭt Īndōs,

Hēmōdī vīctōr cōnscēndīt vērtĭcĭs ārcēs,

ēffūsāmquĕ sŏlō gēntēm prŏcŭl āspĭcĭt ōmnēm:1365

īmă iŭgi ēxtāntīs vēstīgĭă gūrgĭtĕ cānēnt.

Ōcĕăni ēōī praētēntō dēnĭquĕ Bācchūs

lītŏre, ĕt ēxtrēmā tērrārūm vīctŏr ĭn ōrā,

dūcīt laūrĭgĕrōs pōst Īndĭcă bēllă trĭūmphōs,

ērĭgĭt ēt gĕmĭnās tēllūrīs fīnĕ cŏlūmnās,1370

īnvīsītquĕ dĕhīnc Īsmēnī flūmĭnĭs ūndām.

Hās tāntūm gēntēs cōmmēndāt fāmă pĕr ōrbēm.

vīle ălĭaē vūlgūs, pĕcŏrūm vĭcĕ, tērgă pĕrērrānt

caēspĭtĭs ābiēctī: nōn hīs aūt glōrĭă fōrtī

pārtă mănu ēst, aūt clāră dĕcūs pĕpĕrērĕ mĕtāllă1375

tērrārūm vēnīs: hăbĭtānt īgnōtă lŏcōrūm

sēmpĕr ĭnēxpērtēs fāmaē, pĕr ĭnhōspĭtă dēgūnt

ārvă prŏcūl, nūllīs sūnt dīgnaē dēnĭquĕ mūsīs.

āt tū, Phoēbĕ pătēr, vōs clārī tūrbă, cămēnaē,

nōmĭnĭs, Āŏnĭō fāmam īnspīrātĕ lăbōrī.1380