tunc haec adeo stupefactus Adrastus: diva potens nemorum (nam te vultusque pudorque mortali de stirpe negant), quae laeta sub isto igne poli non quaeris aquas, succurre propinquis gentibus; arquitenens seu te Latonia casto () de grege transmisit thalamis, seu lapsus ab astris non humilis fecundat amor (neque enim ipse deorum arbiter Argolidum thalamis novus), aspice maesta agmina.
Then Adrastus in amazement thus addresses her: Goddess, Lady of the woods (for your countenance and modesty say you are of no mortal stock), happy in that under this blazing sky you seek not for water, help neighbour peoples. Whether the bow-bearing daughter of Leto sent you from her chaste company to a nuptial chamber or a love of no mean order descended from the stars to make you fruitful (for the lord of the gods himself is no stranger to Argive bedchambers), look upon our unhappy columns.
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