hic avidum pugnae et tam clarum excidere nomen Brutum exoptantem, varie nunc laevus in orbem, nunc dexter levibus flexo per devia gyris ludificatus equo, volucrem post terga sagittam fundit, Achaemenio detractans proelia ritu.
Brutus, eager for the fray, was burning to blot out such a famous name; but Cleadas mocked him, wheeling his horse lightly round in mazy circles, now to the right and now to the left; and then he shot a winged arrow over his shoulder, refusing in Persian fashion to face his foe.
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