Anthea falcato lustrantem moenia curru desuper Ogygiae pepulit gravis impetus hastae; lora excussa manu, retroque in terga volutus semianimos artus ocreis retinentibus haeret; mirandum visu belli scelus: arma trahuntur, fumantesque rotae tellurem et tertius hastae sulcus arat; longo sequitur vaga pulvere cervix, et resupinarum patet orbita lata comarum.
Antheus was circling the walls with his scythed chariot when the heavy plunge of an Ogygian spear struck him from above. The reins were shaken from his hand and as he is hurled backwards he is held by the greaves retaining his half-lifeless limbs. A crime of war wonderful to behold: his shield is dragged and the earth ploughed by the smoking wheels, and, a third furrow, the spear. The lolling head follows in a long trail of dust and the broad track of his backstreaming hair shows plain.
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