I uppiter currum celerrime delevit. nam timebat ne terra incenderetur (line 8 ): why did Jupiter destroy the chariot?

Literal translation: Jupiter destroyed the chariot quickly. For he was fearing lest the earth might be burned.Less literal: Jupiter destroyed the earth quickly as he was afraid that the earth would be burned.

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