quales Threiciae cum flumina Thermodontis pulsant et pictis bellantur Amazones armis, seu circum Hippolyten seu cum se Martia curru Penthesilea refert, magnoque ululante tumultu feminea exsultant lunatis agmina peltis.
Such are the Amazons of Thrace, when they tramp over Thermodons streams and war in blazoned armour, whether round Hippolyte, or when Penthesilea, child of Mars, returns in her chariot and, amid loud tumultuous cries, the army of women exult with crescent shields.