hunc saltem miseris ductor Thebanus honorem largitur Danais, quod non super ipsa iacentum corpora belligeras acies Martemque secundum miscuit,aut lacera ne quid de strage nefandus perderet, eligitur saevos potura cruores terra rudis.
This respect at least the Theban chieftain paid to the hapless Danai, that he did not mingle the fighting armies in a second battle over the very bodies of the fallen; or else virgin earth is chosen to drink cruel blood lest the miscreant waste aught of mangled slaughter.
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