his olim, ut fama est, vitiis ad proelia ventumst, his Troiana vides funera principiis; hinc olim ignaros luctus populavit Achivos, Atridae magno cum stetit alter amor; aspera Centauros eadem dementia iussit frangere in adversum pocula Pirithoum.
These vices of old, the story goes, led to wars, from these origins arose the slaughter at Troy; hence of old did mourning ravage the unwitting Achaeans, when Agamemnons second love cost them dear; the same frenzy bade the Centaurs hurl embossed goblets against Pirithous and break them upon his head.
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