The wives of both were passing out from Troy by night; their heads were veiled, and both were weeping many tears, as they went away.

Amborum uxores
noctu Troiad exibant capitibus opertis,
flentes ambae, abeuntes lacrimis cum multis.

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Thomas Biggs, Poetics of the First Punic War (2020), Introduction, p. 11 | The wives of both men were leaving Troy at night with their heads covered, both crying, departing with many tears.

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