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tetrastichon.
Si fuit excussus scelerato pectore terror,
Illi succrescens mox novus alter adest:
Impia sic Titii contundit pectora vultur,
Et dant perpetuos membra renata cibos.[1]
If fear is driven from a sinful breast, another will soon arise to fill it; as the vulture breaks open the impious breast of Tityus, and his limbs, reborn, give endless food.
quatrain.
Jamais méchant ne veit sa peur extainte:
Quand l’une fuyt, l’autre vient de retour:
Comme l’on void, qu’en la figure peinte
Titius est rongé par le Vautour.
1. Tityus: a giant, son of Gaia, who assaulted Leto, and was punished in Hades by vultures eating his liver.
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- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- falling through the air [31A2764] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- historical person (with NAME) [61B2(Tityus)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- predatory birds (with NAME) [25F33(VULTURE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) [31A] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Fear, Dread; 'Paura', 'Timiditŕ o Timore', 'Timore' (Ripa) [56DD1] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa) [11N1] Search | Browse Iconclass
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