Dum cadit externo Gortynius advena bello, iam nova molitus stimulato milite Theron, Alcidae templi custos araeque sacerdos, non expectatum Tyriis effuderat agmen et fera miscebat reserata proelia porta.
While the Cretan stranger fell thus in foreign war, Theron, who guarded Hercules temple and was priest at his altar, urged on the fighters and attempted a fresh effort. Unbarring a gate, he sent out a force to surprise the Carthaginians, and the fighting was fierce.
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