fama docet, caesae rapuit cum Gorgonis ora Perseus, in Libyam dirum fluxisse cruorem; inde Medusaeis terram exundasse chelydris.
Legend tells that, when Perseus slew the Gorgon and carried off her head, the horrid gore dripped over Libya, and from that time the land has abounded with the snakes of Medusa.
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