Et fervente certaminum mole, clipeorum sonitus et virorum, armorumque lugubre sibilantium fragor, nihil perpetiens iam remissum, campos cruore et corporum strage contexit, effusius cadentibus Persis, quibus saepe languidis in conflictu, artius pes pede collatus, graviter obsistebat, pugnare fortiter eminus consuetis, et si inclinatas suorum copias senserint, cedendo in modum imbrium pone versus directis sagittis, hostes a persequendi fiducia deterrere.
And in the heat of the combat that followed, the clash of shields, the shouts of the men, and the doleful sound of the whirring arrows continued without intermission. The plains were covered with blood and dead bodies, but the Persian losses were greater; for they often lacked endurance in battle and could with difficulty maintain a close contest man to man, since they were accustomed to fight bravely at long range, but if they perceived that their forces were giving way, as they retreated they would shoot their arrows back like a shower of rain and keep the enemy from a bold pursuit.
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