dixit et ingenti flammantem nubila sulco derexit per inane facem, quae puppe propinqua in bifidum discessit iter fratresque petivit Tyndareos, placida et mediis in frontibus haesit protinus amborum lumenque innoxia fundit purpureum, miseris olim implorabile nautis.
So he spoke, and through the void aimed a shaft that burned a long furrow in the clouds; and as it neared the ship it broke in twain and sought the two sons of Tyndareus, and forthwith settled with tranquil flame on the midst of their brows and harmlessly shed abroad its bright radiance, to which hapless mariners one day would cry for help.
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