Iam, Tartessiaco quos solverat aequore Titan in noctem diffusus, equos iungebat Eois litoribus, primique novo Phathonte retecti Seres lanigeris repetebant vellera lucis, et foeda ante oculos strages, propiusque patebat insani Mavortis opus: simul arma virique ac mixtus sonipes dextraeque in vulnere caesi haerentes hostis; passim clipeique iubaeque atque artus trunci capitum fractusque iacebat ossibus in duris ensis; nec cernere deerat frustra seminecum quaerentia lumina caelum.
Now on Eastern shores the Sun was yoking the steeds that he had freed in the sea of Tartessusa when he scattered his fires for the night; and the Seres, first disclosed by the sunrise, began again to pluck fleeces from their wool-bearing trees.b Then hideous havoc was revealed, and the work of Wars madness was seen clearer'a medley of arms and men and horses, and hands that still clung to the wound of a slain enemy. The ground was littered with shields and helmet-plumes, with headless corpses and swords that had broken against tough bones; and one might see the eyes of half-dead men looking in vain for the light.
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