§10.457Hunc ubi contiguum missae fore credidit hastae, §10.458ire prior Pallas, siqua fors adiuvet ausum §10.459viribus imparibus, magnumque ita ad aethera fatur: §10.460Per patris hospitium et mensas, quas advena adisti, §10.461te precor, Alcide, coeptis ingentibus adsis.
When Pallas believed that he had come within range of a hurled spear, Pallas went first, in case some fortune might aid his daring attempt with unequal strength, and thus spoke to the great heavens: "By my father's hospitality and the tables which you as a stranger visited, I pray you, Alcides, be present to aid my mighty undertakings.
§10.462Cernat semineci sibi me rapere arma cruenta §10.463victoremque ferant morientia lumina Turni. §10.464Audiit Alcides iuvenem magnumque sub imo §10.465corde premit gemitum lacrimasque effundit inanis.
Let Turnus see me strip the bloody arms from his dying body, and let his dying eyes endure the sight of me as victor." Alcides heard the youth, and deep in his heart suppressed a heavy groan and poured forth useless tears.
§10.466Tum Genitor natum dictis adfatur amicis: §10.467Stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus §10.468omnibus est vitae: sed famam extendere factis, §10.469hoc virtutis opus.
Then the Father addressed his son with friendly words: "To each his own day is fixed; a short and irretrievable time of life is given to all: but to extend fame by deeds, this is the work of virtue.
Troiae sub moenibus altis §10.470tot nati cecidere deum; quin occidit una §10.471Sarpedon, mea progenies.
Beneath the high walls of Troy fell so many sons of the gods; indeed, there fell along with them Sarpedon, my own offspring.
Etiam sua Turnum §10.472fata vocant, metasque dati pervenit ad aevi. §10.473Sic ait atque oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis.
His own fates also call Turnus, and he has reached the limits of his given span of life." So he spoke, and turned his eyes away from the Rutulian fields.
But Pallas hurls his spear with great force and tears his shining sword from its hollow sheath.
§10.476Illa volans umeri surgunt qua tegmina summa §10.477incidit atque viam clipei molita per oras §10.478tandem etiam magno strinxit de corpore Turni.
Flying, it struck where the topmost guards of the shoulder rise, and forcing a way through the border of the shield, finally grazed even a part of the great body of Turnus.
§10.479Hic Turnus ferro praefixum robur acuto §10.480in Pallanta diu librans iacit atque ita fatur: §10.481Adspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum. §10.482Dixerat; at clipeum, tot ferri terga, tot aeris, §10.483quem pellis totiens obeat circumdata tauri, §10.484vibranti cuspis medium transverberat ictu §10.485loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens.
Here Turnus, having long poised against Pallas the oak shaft tipped with sharp iron, hurls it and speaks thus: "See whether our weapon is not more piercing." He had spoken; but the shield, with its many layers of iron, so many of bronze, which the wrapped hide of a bull surrounds so many times, the spear-point pierces right through the middle with a vibrating blow, and penetrates the barriers of the corselet and the mighty breast.
§10.486Ille rapit calidum frustra de volnere telum: §10.487una eademque via sanguis animusque sequuntur.
In vain he snatches the warm weapon from the wound: by one and the same path, blood and life follow.
§10.488Corruit in volnus, sonitum super arma dedere §10.489et terram hostilem moriens petit ore cruento.
He fell upon his wound, his armor clanged over him, and dying, he bites the hostile earth with bloody mouth.
§10.490Quem Turnus super adsistens, §10.491Arcades, haec,
inquit,
memores mea dicta referte §10.492Euandro; qualem meruit, Pallanta remitto.
Standing over him, Turnus says: "Arcadians, bring these my words back mindfully to Evander: I send Pallas back as he deserved.
Whatever honor there is in a tomb, whatever solace in burial, I grant freely.
Haud illi stabunt Aeneia parvo §10.495hospitia. Et laevo pressit pede talia fatus §10.496exanimem, rapiens immania pondera baltei §10.497impressumque nefas, una sub nocte iugali §10.498caesa manus iuvenum foede thalamique cruenti, §10.499quae Clonus Eurytides multo caelaverat auro; §10.500quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio gaudetque potitus.
His hospitality to Aeneas will cost him no small price." And having spoken thus, he pressed the lifeless body with his left foot, snatching away the immense weight of the sword-belt and the engraved crime: a band of youths foully slain on a single nuptial night, and bridal chambers bloody, which Clonus, son of Eurytus, had chased in abundant gold; in which spoil Turnus now triumphs and rejoices in its possession.
O mind of men, ignorant of fate and of future lot, and how to keep limits when uplifted by prosperity!
§10.503Turno tempus erit, magno cum optaverit emptum §10.504intactum Pallanta et cum spolia ista diemque §10.505oderit.
To Turnus there will come a time when he would wish to have bought Pallas untouched at a great price, and when he will hate this day and those spoils.
At socii multo gemitu lacrimisque §10.506impositum scuto referunt Pallanta frequentes.
But his comrades, with many groans and tears, bring Pallas back in crowds, laid upon his shield.
§10.507O dolor atque decus magnum rediture parenti
O grief and great glory, you who will return to your parent!
§10.508haec te prima dies bello dedit, haec eadem aufert, §10.509cum tamen ingentis Rutulorum linquis acervos.
This first day gave you to war, this same day takes you away, though yet you leave behind vast heaps of Rutulian dead.
§10.510Nec iam fama mali tanti, sed certior auctor §10.511advolat Aeneae, tenui discrimine leti §10.512esse suos, versis tempus succurrere Teucris.
And now no longer mere rumor of so great a disaster, but a surer messenger flies to Aeneas, warning him that his men are but a hair's breadth from death, and that it is time to succor the routed Trojans.
§10.513Proxima quaeque metit gladio latumque per agmen §10.514ardens limitem agit ferro, te, Turne, superbum §10.515caede nova quaerens.
With his sword he mows down everything nearby, and raging, drives a wide path with the steel through the army, seeking you, Turnus, proud with new slaughter.
Pallas, Euander, in ipsis §10.516omnia sunt oculis, mensae, quas advena primas §10.517tunc adiit, dextraeque datae.
Pallas, Evander, are before his very eyes, and the tables which he as a stranger first approached, and the right hands given.
Sulmone creatos §10.518quattuor hic iuvenes, totidem, quos educat Ufens, §10.519viventis rapit, inferias quos immolet umbris §10.520captivoque rogi perfundat sanguine flammas.
Here he takes alive four youths, and as many whom Ufens rears, to sacrifice as funeral offerings to the shades, and to drench the flames of the pyre with captive blood.
§10.521Inde Mago procul infensam contenderat hastam.
Next, from afar, he had hurled his hostile spear at Magus.
§10.522Ille astu subit ac tremibunda supervolat hasta, §10.523et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex: §10.524Per patrios manis et spes surgentis Iuli §10.525te precor, hanc animam serves natoque patrique.
He ducked cunningly, and the quivering spear flies over him; and clasping his knees, he speaks thus as a suppliant: "By your father's shades and the hopes of rising Iulus, I pray you, save this life for both a son and a father.
§10.526Est domus alta, iacent penitus defossa talenta §10.527caelati argenti, sunt auri pondera facti §10.528infectique mihi.
I have a lofty house; deep underground lie buried talents of engraved silver; there are weights of gold, both wrought and unwrought, belonging to me.
The victory of the Trojans does not turn on this, nor will one life make so great a difference." He had spoken.
Aeneas contra cui talia reddit: §10.531Argenti atque auri memoras quae multa talenta, §10.532natis parce tuis.
To whom Aeneas returns such words in reply: "Those many talents of silver and gold which you mention, spare them for your children.
Belli commercia Turnus
Turnus has already abolished