When he found some, he began to blow, not with his mouth, but as it were with the bellows of a blacksmith. Vinicius, remembering how that man had crushed Croton the day before, examined with attention befitting a lover of the arena his gigantic back, which resembled the back of a Cyclops, and his limbs strong as columns.
Vinicius­nak eszébe jutott, hogy ez az ember tegnap agyonszorította Krotont, s ekkor az arénakedve­lőhöz méltó érdeklődéssel vizsgálgatta egy ciklopsznak is becsületére váló roppant hátát s oszlopszerű, hatalmas lábszárait.