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1 luppiter hue specie mortali cumque parente
venit Atlantades positis caducifer alis.
mille domos adiere locum requiemque petentes,
mille domos clausere serae. tamen una recepit,
parva quidem stipulis et canna tecta palustri,
sed pia Baucis anus parilique aetate Philemon
illa sunt annis iuncti iuvenalibus, illa
consenuere casa paupertatemque fatendo
effecere levem nec iniqua mente ferendo.
nec refert, dominos illic famulosne requiras:
tota domus duo sunt, idem parentque iubentque.
perpherisis: Atlantadias Caducifer (descendant of Atlas) : poetic description shows skill and mythological identity
Mille domos (anaphora and hyperbolic: 1000 houses) repeated attempts
clausere seae (bolts shut a thousand houses) : alliteratition of r and sybolance of s is reflective of locks being shut against the doors
Tamen una (however one): emphatic position emphasises how rare
anaphora of illa outlines how they both grew old and aged in the same house
dominos famulosne (slave or master) : juxtaposition outlines that power does not matter