<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text n="Phaed."><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi005.perseus-lat2"><sp who="#chorus"><l n="823">deformis senii monstret imaginem.</l><pb n="p.185"/><l n="824">Quid sinat inausum feminae praeceps furor?</l><l n="825">nefanda iuveni crimina insonti apparat. </l><l n="826">en scelera! quaerit crine lacerato fidem,</l><l n="827">decus omne turbat capitis, umectat genas:</l><l n="828">instruitur omni fraude feminea dolus.</l><l n="829">Sed iste quisnam est, regium in vultu decus</l><l n="830">gerens et alto vertice attollens caput? </l><l n="831">ut ora iuveni paria Perithoo gerit,</l><l n="832">ni languido pallore canderent genae</l><l n="833">staretque recta squalor incultus coma.</l><l n="834">en ipse Theseus redditus terris adest.</l></sp><milestone n="835" unit="card"/><sp who="#theseus nutrix"><speaker>Theseus Nutrix</speaker><l n="835">Tandem profugi noctis aeternae plagam </l><l n="836">vastoque manes carcere umbrantem polum,</l><l n="837">et vix cupitum sufferunt oculi diem.</l><l n="838">iam quarta Eleusin dona Triptolemi secat</l><l n="839">paremque totiens libra composuit diem,</l><l n="840">ambiguus ut me sortis ignotae labor </l><l n="841">detinuit inter mortis et vitae mala.</l><l n="842">pars una vitae mansit extincto mihi:</l><l n="843">sensus malorum; finis Alcides fuit,</l><l n="844">qui cum revulsum Tartaro abstraheret canem,</l><l n="845">me quoque supernas pariter ad sedes tulit. </l><l n="846">sed fessa virtus robore antiquo caret</l><l n="847">trepidantque gressus, heu, labor quantus fuit</l><l n="848">Phlegethonte ab imo petere longinquum aethera</l><l n="849">pariterque mortem fugere et Alciden sequi.</l><l n="850">Quis fremitus aures flebilis pepulit meas? </l><l n="851">expromat aliquis, luctus et lacrimae et dolor,</l><pb n="p.186"/><l n="852">in limine ipso maesta lamentatio?</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>