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Horresco referens.
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I quail, E'en now, at telling of the tale.
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Line 204 (translated by John Conington); this refers to the horrible death of the Trojan priest Laocoön: the goddess Athena sent a two-headed serpent from Tenedos to devour Laocoon and his two sons as a warning to the Trojans.
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Variant translation: I shudder recounting.

 
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