non tulit Amphion vultumque et in ora loquentis telum immane rotat; sed ferri lumine diro turbatus sonipes sese dominumque retorsit in latus atque avidam transmisit devius hastam.
That was too much for Amphion, and he whirls a mighty javelin against the speakers face and mouth. But the horse, scared by the dire brilliance of the steel, twisted himself and his master sideways and turning away let the greedy spear pass by.
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