perrumpunt Itali, qua caedes prima reclusit monstravitque viam; vasta sed mole catenas hortatur socios et vincla abrumpere ferri ac parat hostili resoluta puppe receptos avehere et paribus pelago diducere ab armis: Aetnaeo Polyphemus erat nutritus in antro atque inde antiquae nomen feritatis amabat; ubera praebuerat parvo lupa; corporis alti terribilis moles, mens aspera, vultus in ira semper et ad caedes Cyclopia corde libido.
The Romans burst their way in, at a point where a passage was opened and made clear by the first slaughter; but one man urged his comrades to burst the heavy chains and fetters of iron; and, when the ship was set free, he intended to carry off those who had boarded the hostile craft and to put the sea between them and their fellows. This was Polyphemus; he had been reared in a cave of Mount Etna, and hence he loved a name that recalled the ferocity of ancient timesb; a she-wolf had suckled him in infancy; his great stature and huge frame inspired awe; his heart was cruel, and his eyes flashed anger continually; and a blood-lust worthy of the Cyclopes filled his breast.
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