at procul ingenti Neptunius agmina Theseus angustat clipeo, propriaeque exordia laudis centum urbes umbone gerit centenaque Cretae moenia, seque ipsum monstrosi ambagibus antri hispida torquentem luctantis colla iuvenci alternasque manus circum et nodosa ligantem bracchia et abducto vitantem cornua vultu.
But at a distance Neptunian Theseus compresses armies on his huge shield. On its boss he bears the beginnings of his own glory, the hundred cities and hundred walls of Crete and himself in the windings of the monstrous cavern twisting the shaggy neck of the struggling bull, binding alternate hands and knotty arms around him, with head averted to avoid the horns.
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