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Translated from Apoll. R. 4. 601,
“οὐδέ τις ὕδωρ κεῖνο ῾τηε λακε οφ τηε εριδανυς᾿
διὰ πτερὰ κοῦφα τανύσσας Οἰωνὸς
δύναται βαλέειν ὕπερ”. With the whole
passage comp. Lucr. 6.740 foll.:
“Principio, quod Averna vocantur nomine,
id ab re
Inpositumst, quia sunt avibus contraria
cunctis,
E regione ea quod loca cum venere volantes,
Remigii oblitae pennarum vela remittunt,
Praecipitesque cadunt molli cervice profusae
In terram, si forte ita fert natura locorum,
Aut in aquam, si forte lacus substratus
Avernist.
Is locus est Cumas apud, acri sulfure
montes
Oppleti calidis ubi fumant fontibus
aucti.
”
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