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Forte sacer Cybelo Chloreus olimque sacerdos insignis longe Phrygiis fulgebat in armis s pumantemque
By chance, Chloreus, sacred to Cybele, and once a priest, distinguishable from afar was gleaming in Trojan arms
agitabat equum, quem pellis aenis in plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat.
and was driving a foaming horse which a hide with scales of bronze twined with gold into a plume was covering.
ipse peregrina ferrugine clarus et ostro spicula torquebat Lycio Gortynia cornu;
He himself distinct in his exotic dark-rust and purple [colour] was hurling Cretan arrows from a Lycian bow.
aureus ex umeris erat arcus et aurea vati cassida;
The seer had a gold bow [hanging] from his shoulders and a golden helmet
tum croceam chlamydemque sinusque crepantis carbaseos fulvo in nodum collegerat auro
Then he had gathered a saffron cloak and its rustling linen folds into a not with yellow gold.
pictus acu tunicas et barbara tegmina crurum.
having embroidered his tunic and the oriental coverings of his legs.
hunc virgo, sive ut templis praefigeret arma Troia, captivo sive ut se ferret in auro venatrix,
The maiden whether into to hang the Trojan arms in the temples or as a huntress to display herself in captive gold
unum ex omni certamine pugnaecaeca sequebatur totumque incauta per agmen
was pursuing him alone from the whole strife of battle blindly and recklessly through the whole array
femineo praedae et spoliorum ardebat amore, [ telum] ex insidiis cum tandem tempore capto [concitat]
and was burning with a woman’s desire for booty and spoils when at last having treacherously seized his opportunity
[telum concitat - from previous] et superos Arruns sic voce precatur:
Arruns shakes his spear and with his voice prays to the [gods] above as follows:
