Origen, AGAINST CELSUS, Part III, Complete

Translated from the Greek original by Frederick Crombie.

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The mother last, as round the nest she flew,

Seized by the beating wing, the monster slew:

Nor long survived: to marble turned, he stands

A lasting prodigy on Aulis' sands.

Such was the will of Jove; and hence we dare

Trust in his omen, and support the war." [4041]

And regarding the second--the bird--the poet says:--

"Jove's bird on sounding pinions beat the skies;

A bleeding serpent of enormous size,

His talons twined; alive, and curling round,

He stung the bird, whose throat received the wound.

[4041] Homer, Iliad, ii. 308 sq.

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