quantis armati caelum petiere Gigantes anguibus, aut quantus Lernae lassavit in undis Amphitryoniaden serpens, qualisque comantes auro servavit ramos Iunonius anguis: tantus disiecta tellure sub astra coruscum extulit assurgens caput atque in nubila primam dispersit saniem et caelum foedavit hiatu.
Huge as the snakes that armed the Giantsc when they stormed heaven, or as the hydra that wearied Hercules by the waters of Lerna, or as Junos snakea that guarded the boughs with golden foliage'even so huge he rose up from the cloven earth and raised his glittering head to heaven, and first scattered his slaver into the clouds and marred the face of heaven with his open jaws.
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