haec manus Adrastum numero ter mille secuti exsultant; pars gaesa manu, pars robora flammis indurata diu (non unus namque maniplis mos neque sanguis) habent, teretes pars vertere fundas assueti vacuamque diem praecingere gyro.
This band, three thousand strong, follows Adrastus exulting. Some carry pikes, some stakes long hardened in the fire (for each troop has its own fashion, its own blood), some are wont to whirl rounded slings and gird the empty  sky with a circle.
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