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- Vergil. The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Virgil. Greenough, J.B., editor. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1881.
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Pallas performs glorious feats of valor, defeating several enemies and rallying his men, until Turnus intervenes in his chariot to challenge him to a single combat.
intorto figit telo, discrimina costis
fixes him with a hurled spear, where the spine, passing through the middle,
per medium qua spina dabat, hastamque receptat
made divisions to the ribs, and pulls back the spear
ossibus haerentem. Quem non super occupat Hisbo,1
clinging to the bones. Hisbo does not surprise him from above,
ille quidem hoc sperans: nam Pallas ante ruentem,
though he indeed hoped for this; for, before Hisbo could rush upon him,
dum furit, incautum crudeli morte sodalis
while he was raging, Pallas intercepts him, off his guard and mad with the cruel death of his companion,
excipit atque ensem tumido in pulmone recondit.
and buries his sword in his swollen lung.
Hinc Sthenium petit et Rhoeti de gente vetusta
Next he seeks Sthenius and Anchemolus of the ancient race
Anchemolum, thalamos ausum incestare novercae.
of Rhoetus, who dared to defile his stepmother’s chamber.
Vos etiam, gemini, Rutulis cecidistis in agris,
You also, twins, fell in the Rutulian fields,
Daucia, Laride Thymberque, simillima proles,
Laris and Thymber, the twin offspring of Daucus, so identical,
indiscreta suis gratusque parentibus error;2
indistinguishable to their own, and a sweet mistake to their parents;
at nunc dura dedit vobis discrimina Pallas:
but now Pallas gave you harsh distinctions:
nam tibi, Thymbre, caput Evandrius abstulit ensis;
for from you, Thymber, the Evandrian sword took away your head;
te decisa suum, Laride, dextera quaerit
your severed right hand, Laris, seeks you, its master,
semianimesque micant digiti ferrumque retractant.
and its half-dead fingers twitch and grasp again at the sword.
Arcadas accensos monitu et praeclara tuentis
The Arcadians, kindled by his warning and beholding the glorious
facta viri mixtus dolor et pudor armat in hostis.
deeds of the hero, a mixture of grief and shame arms them against the enemy.
Tum Pallas biiugis fugientem Rhoetea praeter
Then Pallas pierces Rhoeteus as he flies past
traicit. Hoc spatium tantumque morae fuit Ilo;
in his chariot. This was space and delay enough for Ilus;
Ilo namque procul validam direxerat hastam,
for at Ilus he had aimed his strong spear from afar,
quam medius Rhoeteus intercipit, optime Teuthra,
which Rhoeteus intercepts in the middle, noble Teuthra,
te fugiens fratremque Tyren, curruque volutus
flying from you and from your brother Tyres; and rolling from his chariot,
caedit semianimis Rutulorum calcibus arva.
half-dead, he beats the Rutulian fields with his heels.
Ac velut optato ventis aestate coortis
And just as in summer, when the longed-for winds have risen,
dispersa immittit silvis incendia pastor,
a shepherd scatters fire into the woods,
correptis subito mediis extenditur una
and when the middle spaces are suddenly seized, Vulcan’s dreadful line extends
horrida per latos acies Volcania campos;
all together across the broad fields;
ille sedens victor flammas despectat ovantis:
he sits victorious, looking down on the triumphant flames:
non aliter socium virtus coit omnis in unum
not otherwise does all the courage of your allies gather into one
teque iuvat, Palla. Sed bellis acer Halaesus
and support you, Pallas. But Halaesus, fierce in war,
tendit in adversos seque in sua conligit arma.
charges against them, and gathers himself behind his shield.
Hic mactat Ladona Pheretaque Demodocumque,
Here he slays Ladon, Pheres, and Demodocus;
Strymonio dextram fulgenti deripit ense
with his shining sword he shears off Strymonius’ right hand, raised
elatam in iugulum, saxo ferit ora Thoantis
against his throat; with a stone he strikes the face of Thoas
ossaque dispersit cerebro permixta cruento.
and scatters his bones mingled with bloody brain.
Fata canens silvis genitor celarat Halaesum:
His father, foretelling the fates, had hidden Halaesus in the woods:
ut senior leto canentia lumina solvit,
as the old man closed his white eyes in death,
iniecere manum Parcae telisque sacrarunt
the Fates laid hands on him and devoted him to the weapons
Evandri. Quem sic Pallas petit ante precatus:
of Evander. Pallas attacks him, having first prayed thus:
Da nunc, Thybri pater, ferro, quod missile libro,
”Grant now, Father Tiber, to the iron spear which I poise to throw,
fortunam atque viam duri per pectus Halaesi.
good fortune and a path through the breast of harsh Halaesus.
Haec arma exuviasque viri tua quercus habebit.
Your oak tree shall hold these arms and spoils of the man.”
Audiit illa deus: dum texit Imaona Halaesus,
The god heard those words: while Halaesus protects Imaon,
Arcadio infelix telo dat pectus inermum.
the unhappy man exposes his undefended breast to the Arcadian weapon.
At non caede viri tanta perterrita Lausus,
But Lausus, a huge part of the war, does not allow his ranks to be terrified
pars ingens belli, sinit agmina: primus Abantem
by so great a slaughter of a hero: first he slays Abas,
oppositum interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque.
who stood opposite, the knot and delay of the battle.
Sternitur Arcadiae proles, sternuntur Etrusci
The offspring of Arcadia is laid low, the Etruscans are laid low,
et vos, O Grais imperdita corpora, Teucri.
and you, O Trojans, bodies undestroyed by the Greeks.
Agmina concurrunt ducibusque et viribus aequis.
The ranks clash with leaders and strength well matched.
Extremi addensent acies nec turba moveri
Those at the rear press the ranks close, nor does the crowd
tela manusque sinit. Hinc Pallas instat et urget,
allow weapons and hands to move. On this side Pallas presses and urges,
hinc contra Lausus, nec multum discrepat aetas:
on that side Lausus opposes; nor does their age differ much:
egregii forma, sed quis Fortuna negarat
outstanding in beauty, but to whom Fortune had denied
in patriam reditus. Ipsos concurrere passus
return to their homeland. The ruler of great Olympus, however, did not allow
haud tamen inter se magni regnator Olympi:
them to clash with each other:
mox illos sua fata manent maiore sub hoste.
soon their own fates await them under a greater enemy.
Interea soror alma monet succedere Lauso
Meanwhile his gracious sister warns Turnus to come to the aid of Lausus,
Turnum, qui volucri curru medium secat agmen.
who cuts through the middle of the army with his swift chariot.
Ut vidit socios: Tempus desistere pugnae;
When he saw his comrades: “It is time to withdraw from the fight;
solus ego in Pallanta feror, soli mihi Pallas
I alone charge against Pallas; Pallas is owed to me alone;
debetur; cuperem ipse parens spectator adesset.3
I would wish his father himself were present as a spectator.”
Haec ait, et socii cesserunt aequore iusso.
He said this, and his comrades withdrew from the field as ordered.
At Rutulum abscessu iuvenis tum iussa superba
But upon the withdrawal of the Rutulians, the youth, wondering at the arrogant commands,
miratus stupet in Turno corpusque per ingens
is amazed at Turnus, and rolls his eyes over his massive
lumina volvit obitque truci procul omnia visu
body, and scans everything from afar with a fierce gaze,
talibus et dictis it contra dicta tyranni:
and with these words he counters the words of the tyrant:
Aut spoliis ego iam raptis laudabor opimis
”Soon I shall be praised either for winning the supreme spoils
aut leto insigni: sorti pater aequus utrique est.4
or for a glorious death: my father is equal to either lot.
Tolle minas. Fatus medium procedit in aequor.
Away with your threats.” Having spoken, he advances into the middle of the field.
Frigidus Arcadibus coit in praecordia sanguis.
Cold blood curdles in the breasts of the Arcadians.
Desiluit Turnus biiugis, pedes apparat ire
Turnus leaped down from his chariot, and prepares to go on foot to fight
comminus; utque leo, specula cum vidit ab alta
hand-to-hand; and as a lion, when from a high lookout he sees
stare procul campis meditantem in proelia taurum,
a bull standing far off on the plains meditating battle,
advolat: haud alia est Turni venientis imago.
flies toward him: not otherwise is the image of Turnus as he comes.
- 10.384Quem non super occupat Hisbo
The connecting relative pronoun quem at the beginning of the sentence refers to Pallas, the subject of the previous sentence. Hisbo attempted to surprise (super occupare) Pallas, but did not succeed.
- 10.392indiscreta suis gratusque parentibus error
An appositive noun phrase describing the twins (Laride Thymberque) addressed in the vocative case. The dative pronoun suis refers to 'their own people' (family/kin) and modifies the adjective indiscreta.
- 10.443cuperem ipse parens spectator adesset
The imperfect subjunctive cuperem expresses an unfulfilled wish in the present ('I would wish'). It directly introduces the subordinate clause adesset (also in the imperfect subjunctive) with the omission of the conjunction ut.
- 10.450sorti pater aequus utrique est
The phrase sorti... utrique is a dative depending on the adjective aequus ('equal to, able to bear'). It means 'my father (Evander) is equal to (can endure with equal mind) either lot (victory or death)'.