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Article: Vergil's voids.
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- Helios
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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Scilicet et tempus veniet, cum finibus illis
agricola, incuruo terram molitus aratro,
exesa inveniet scabra robigine pila
aut gravibus rastris galeas pulsabit inanis
grandiaque effossis mirabitur ossa sepulcris.
And know that a time will come, when in those fields
A farmer, working the land with his curved plough,
Will find javelins eaten with rusty mold,
Or will strike empty helmets with his heavy hoe
And marvel at gigantic bones in the unearthed graves.
VERGIL, Georgics
At contra nusquam apparent Acherusia temple
nec tellus obstat quin omnia dispiciantur,
sub pedibus quaecumque infra per inane geruntur.
his ibi me rebus quaedam divina voluptas
percipit atque ...