blood. Hence, too, Mezentius draws against his life
five hundred unfriendly swords—Mincius, child of Benacus,
with his gray covering of reeds, ushers into the deep
their hostile bark. 15
On moves strong Aulestes, lashing the water as he rises
with the stroke of a hundred oars: the sea spouts foam
from its upturned surface. His bearer is a huge Triton,
whose shell strikes terror into the green billows; his
shaggy front, breasting the water, down to the side bespeaks 20
the man: the belly ends in a sea monster: under