tunc audax pariter telis et voce proterva Hippomedonta petit: non haec fecunda veneno Lerna, nec Herculeis haustae serpentibus undae: sacrum amnem, sacrum (et miser experiere!) deumque altrices irrumpis aquas.
Then he boldly seeks Hippomedon with weapons and saucy speech alike: This is not Lerna, mother of poisons, nor do Herculean snakes drink these waters. Tis a sacred river you invade, sacred (and so you shall find, wretch!), waters that foster gods.
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