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Ciris (poëma)
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Ciris est carmen epicum Messallae[1] dedicatum fabulam regis Megarensis Nisi et filiae Scyllae hostem Minoem amantis 541 hexametris retractans. Ciris est avis in quam extremo carmine Scylla a deis convertitur, nomen e verbo Graeco κείρω (latine secare) ductum, ut quidem poetae videtur, quia fatalem crinem purpureum in capite patris secuit.
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