We from the bridge descended at its head, Where it connects itself with the eighth bank, And then was manifest to me the Bolgia; And I beheld therein a terrible throng Of serpents, and of such a monstrous kind, That the remembrance still congeals my blood Let Libya boast no longer with her sand; For if Chelydri, Jaculi, and Phareae She breeds, with Cenchri and with amphisbaena, Neither so many plagues nor so malignant E'er showed she with all Ethiopia, Nor with whatever on the Red Sea is!
"Divine-Comedy-Longfellow-s-Translation-Complete"
Dante Alighieri
Of her sands Let Libya vaunt no more: if Jaculus, Pareas, and Chelyder be her brood, Cenchris and amphisbaena, plagues so dire Or in such numbers swarming ne'er she showed.
"Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars"
Lucan