Carminum minorum corpusculum
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng1
42.p45
42.p45
A dark boar and a tawny lion met once in battle, each exulting in his strength : the one shook his cruel bristles, the other his dreadful mane. One was Mars' favourite, the other Cybele's : both are kings of the mountains, both engaged the labours of Hercules.