"Turne, quod optanti divum promittere nemo Auderet, volvenda dies en attulit ultro."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 6–7 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald) — H. Rushton Fairclough's translation: Turnus, what no god dared to promise to your prayers, see—the circling hour has brought unasked!