primus, ope aequorei funis delapsus in undas, qua nondum Stygios glomerabat Mulciber aestus, ambustus socium remis aufertur Himilco.
Himilco was the first to leave the vessel: at a point where the fire-gods hellish heat was not yet at its height, he slipped down, half burnt, to the water by help of a cable, and was rowed away by friendly oars.
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