At parte ex alia, qua se insperata iuventus extulerat portis, ceu spicula nulla manusque vim ferre exitiumve queant, permixtus utrisque Hannibal agminibus passim furit et quatit ensem, cantato nuper senior quem fecerat igni litore ab Hesperidum Temisus, qui carmine pollens fidebat magica ferrum crudescere lingua, quantus Bistoniis late Gradivus in oris belligero rapitur curru telumque coruscans, Titanum quo pulsa cohors, flagrantia bella cornipedum afflatu domat et stridoribus axis.
But Hannibal was far away, where a band of defenders had issued unexpected from the gates. As if no missiles or swords could bring him injury or death, he mingled with both armies and raged far and wide, brandishing the sword which old Temisus from the shore of the Hesperides had lately forged with magic spells'Temisus the powerful enchanter who believed that iron was hardened by incantations. Mighty was Hannibal as Mars when he careers far and wide in his war-chariot through the land of the Bistones,a brandishing the weapon that defeated the band of Titans,b and ruling the flame of battle by the snorting of his steeds and the noise of his chariot.
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