ac primum terra discumque manumque asperat, excusso mox circum pulvere versat, quod latus in digitos, mediae quod certius ulnae conveniat, non artis egens: hic semper amori ludus erat, patriae non tantum ubi laudis obiret sacra, sed alternis Alpheon utrumque solebat metari ripis et, qua latissima distant, non umquam merso transmittere flumina disco.
First he roughens the disk and his hand with earth, then shaking off the dirt turns it round and round to see which side suits his fingers, which more surely the middle of his forearm. Skill he does not lack. This sport was ever his passion, not only when he attended the ceremonies of his countrys glory'he was wont to measure either Alpheos  on alternate banks and where they are furthest apart to cross the river with a disk that never sank.
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