hic et mente Lacon, crudi torrentis alumnus, nec turpavit avos; hastam ultra pectus euntem, ne pudor in tergo, per et ossa et viscera retro extrahit atque hosti dextra labente remittit sanguineam: dilecta genis morientis oberrant Taygeta et pugnae laudataque verbera matri.
A Laconian he in mind as well as race, nursling of the rough torrent; nor did he disgrace his forbears. Through bones and flesh he draws back the spear as it travels beyond his breast lest shame be in his back and with failing hand returns it all bloody to the foe. As he dies, beloved Taygetus flits before his eyes and the fights and the stripes his mother praised.
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