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Atque hoc quidem hominis et casu, illud tantum non ore ipsius Apollinis editum, quo Appii interitum ueridica Pythicae uaticinationis fides praecucurrit. is bello ciuili, quo se Cn. Pompeius a Caesaris concordia pestifero sibi nec rei publicae utili consilio abruperat, euentum grauissimi motus explorare cupiens, uiribus imperii—namque Achaiae praeerat—antistitem Delphicae cortinae in intimam sacri specus partem descendere coegit, unde ut certae consulentibus sortes petuntur, ita nimius diuini spiritus haustus reddentibus pestifer existit. igitur inpulsu capti numinis instincta uirgo horrendo sono uocis Appio inter obscuras uerborum ambages fata cecinit: 'nihil' enim inquit 'ad te hoc, Romane, bellum: Euboeae coela obtinebis'. at is ratus consiliis se Apollinis moneri ne illi discrimini interesset, in eam regionem secessit, quae inter Rhamnunta, nobilem Attici soli partem, Carystumque Chalcidico freto uicinam interiacens Coelae Euboeae nomen obtinet, ubi ante Pharsalicum certamen morbo consumptus praedictum a deo locum sepultura possedit.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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