pars sese tortis serpentibus incingebant, pars obscura cavis celebrabant orgia cistis, orgia, quae frustra cupiunt audire profani; plangebant aliae proceris tympana palmis aut tereti tenues tinnitus aere ciebant.
some girding themselves with writhing serpents: some bearing in solemn procession dark mysteries enclosed in caskets, mysteries which the profane desire in vain to hear. Others beat timbrels with uplifted hands, or raised clear clashings with cymbals of rounded bronze:
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