Metamorphoses

Ovid

Ovid. Die Metamorphosen des P. Ovidius Naso, Volume 1-3. Magnus, Hugo, editor. Gotha, Germany: F.A. Perthes. 1892-1919.

  1. Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque lapillis,
  2. his damnare reos, illis absolvere culpa;
  3. tunc quoque sic lata est sententia tristis, et omnis
  4. calculus inmitem demittitur ater in urnam.
  5. Quae simul effudit numerandos versa lapillos,
  6. omnibus e nigro color est mutatus in album,
  7. candidaque Herculeo sententia numine facta
  8. solvit Alemoniden. Grates agit ille parenti