nec minus hinc varia dux laetus imagine templi ad geminas fert ora fores cunabula gentis Colchidos hic ortusque tuens; ut prima Sesostris intulerit rex bella Getis, ut clade suorum territus hos Thebas patriumque reducat ad amnem, Phasidis hos imponat agris Colchosque vocari imperet: Arsinoen illi tepidaeque requirunt otia laeta Phari pinguemque sine imbribus annum, hi iam Sarmaticis permutant carbasa bracis.
Delighted with the temples varied imagery the leader likewise casts his gaze upon the double doors, beholding here the infancy and origin of the Colchian race; how first their king Sesostris waged war upon the Getae, how terrified by the slaughter of his people he withdrew some to Thebae and his native stream, and settled others upon the land of Phasis and bade them be called Colchians: while those seek once more Arsinoe and the happy ease of sun-bathed Pharos and the fruitful rainless year, these are already changing their linen robes for Sarmatian trews.
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