nunc funera rident auguris ignari, contraque in tempore certant Tiresian laudare suum; nunc facta revolvunt maiorum veteresque canunt ab origine Thebas: hi mare Sidonium manibusque attrita Tonantis cornua et ingenti sulcatum Nerea tauro.
Now they mock the ignorant augurs death, and in timely contrast vie in praises of their own Tiresias; now rehearse their forbears deeds and sing of ancient Thebes from her beginnings. Some tell of the Sidonian sea and the Thunderers horns rubbed by hands and Nereus furrowed by the huge bull;
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