P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 7.783–792

Turnus is described with his armor and emblems: his helmet bears the Chimaera, and his shield displays mythological scenes including Io, Argus, and Inachus.

 

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ipse Turnus inter prīmōs stābat. corpore māximō erat, tōtō capite omnibus suprā. arma tenēbat.

galea eius alta erat et tribus cristīs ōrnāta. in galeā Chimaera erat, mōnstrum horrendum. Chimaera ignēs ex ōre spīrābat sīcut Aetna. in pugnā sanguis fluēbat. itaque Chimaera magis fremēbat et crēscēbat.

in clipeō autem Iō aurō dēpicta erat. imāgō māgna erat! Iō ōlim puella erat, sed in bovem mūtāta est. iam cornua habēbat, iam pīlōsa erat, iam bōs erat. iūxtā eam Argus erat, custōs. Iūnō Argum mīserat; Argus Iō custōdiēbat. et pater Īnachus dēpictus erat, deus flūminis. aquam ex ūrnā fundēbat.

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