hunc turmis obversum et abire vetantem aggreditur; puer ille, puer malasque comamque integer, ignaro cui tunc Thebana bipennis in galeam librata venit: finduntur utroque tempora dividuique cadunt in bracchia crines, et non hoc metuens inopino limite vita exsiluit.
Him he assails as he turns to his men and forbids them to leave. He is a boy, a boy with cheeks and hair untouched. Before he knows it the poised Theban axe swings down upon his helmet. His temples are split asunder, his locks fall divided onto his arms, and fearing no such fate he bounds out from life by a path unlookedfor (?).
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