Nunc age, quis stimulos et pulchrae gaudia mortis addiderit iuveni (neque enim haec absentibus umquam mens homini transmissa deis), memor incipe Clio, saecula te quoniam penes et digesta vetustas.
Come now, Clio, remember and begin the tale, since the ages lie in your keeping, the annals of antiquity: who spurred the young man to joy in a glorious death? For such impulse is never given to mortal without the presence of the gods.
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