Book 5.172-182
In a rage, Gyas throws his helmsman out of the boat.
Tum vero exarsit iuveni dolor ossibus ingens,
172
nec lacrimis caruere genae, segnemque Menoeten,
173
oblitus decorisque sui sociumque salutis,
174
in mare praecipitem puppi deturbat ab alta;
175
ipse gubernaclo rector subit, ipse magister,
176
hortaturque viros, clavumque ad litora torquet.
177
At gravis, ut fundo vix tandem redditus imo est,
178
iam senior madidaque fluens in veste Menoetes
179
summa petit scopuli siccaque in rupe resedit.
180
Illum et labentem Teucri et risere natantem,
181
et salsos rident revomentem pectore fluctus.
182
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