At pius electa murorum in parte Menoeceus iam sacer aspectu solitoque augustior ore, ceu subito in terras supero demissus ab axe, constitit, exempta manifestus casside nosci, despexitque acies hominum et clamore profundo convertit campum iussitque silentia bello.
But pious Menoeceus took his stand on a chosen part of the walls. Sacred now his aspect, more august than his wonted countenance, as though he had suddenly been sent from heaven down to earth. Doffing his helmet and manifest for all to recognize, he gazed down upon the ranks of men and with a deep cry turned the field upon himself, calling the war to silence:
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