At pedes et toto despectans vertice bellum quattuor indomitis Capaneus erepta iuvencis terga superque rigens iniectu molis anae versat onus; squalet triplici ramosa corona Hydra recens obitu: pars anguibus aspera vivis argento caelata micat, pars arte reperta conditur et fulvo moriens nigrescit in auro; circum amnis torpens et ferro caerula Lerna.
Capaneus goes on foot looking down upon the war by a whole head. He bears four hides stripped from unbroken steers and piled thereon the stiff weight of a brazen mass. The foul Hydra lies newly slain branching with triple crown. Part flashes rough with live snakes, chased in silver; part is hidden with a skill newly discovered  and dying darkens in tawny gold.
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