winds and the gods at his back, towering high as he leads
his column; his brows gleam with the beaked circle of a
naval crown, the glorious ornament of war. On that side
is Antonius with his barbaric powers and the arms of divers
lands, triumphant from the nations of the dawn-goddess 15
and the red ocean’s coast, carrying with him Egypt
and the strength of the East and the utmost parts of Bactria,
and at his side—shame on the profanation!—his
Egyptian spouse.[260] All are seen at once in fierce onward
motion: the whole sea-floor foams up, torn by the backward 20