So saying, he flung off from his shoulders his double garment,
and displays the giant joints of his limbs, the giant
bone-work of his arms, and stands, a mighty frame, in 20
the midst of the sand.
Then Anchises’ son brought out with his royal hand two
pairs of equal gauntlets, and bound round the fists of the
twain weapons of even force. At once each rose on tiptoe,
and raised his arms undaunted to the air of heaven. They 25
draw back their towering heads out of the reach of blows,
and make their fists meet in the melée, and provoke the