§10.683fluctibus an iaciat mediis et litora nando §10.684curva petat Teucrumque iterum se reddat in arma.
or whether he should cast himself into the middle of the waves and, by swimming, seek the curved shores and restore himself again to the Trojan weapons.
§10.685Ter conatus utramque viam, ter maxima Iuno §10.686continuit iuvenemque animi miserata repressit.
Thrice he attempted both ways; thrice greatest Juno withheld the youth and, pitying him in his heart, restrained him.
§10.687Labitur alta secans fluctuque aestuque secundo §10.688et patris antiquam Dauni defertur ad urbem.
He glides along, cutting the deep, with favorable wave and tide, and is carried down to the ancient city of his father Daunus.
But meanwhile, by the warnings of Jupiter, burning Mezentius succeeds to the battle and attacks the exulting Trojans.
§10.691Concurrunt Tyrrhenae acies atque omnibus uni, §10.692uni odiisque viro telisque frequentibus instant.
The Tyrrhenian ranks rush together, and all against one, against one man, they press with all their hatred and frequent weapons.
§10.693Ille velut rupes, vastum quae prodit in aequor, §10.694obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto, §10.695vim cunctam atque minas perfert caelique marisque, §10.696ipsa immota manens, prolem Dolichaonis Hebrum §10.697sternit humi, cum quo Latagum Palmumque fugacem, §10.698sed Latagum saxo atque ingenti fragmine montis §10.699occupat os faciemque adversam, poplite Palmum §10.700succiso volvi segnem sinit, armaque Lauso §10.701donat habere umeris et vertice figere cristas.
He, like a cliff which juts out into the vast sea, exposed to the furies of the winds and braving the deep, endures all the force and threats of both sky and sea, itself remaining unmoved, lays low Hebrus, son of Dolichaon, on the ground; with him Latagus and fleeing Palmus, but Latagus, with a stone and a huge fragment of a mountain, he forestalls in the mouth and facing countenance; Palmus, with hamstringed poplite, he allows to roll sluggishly, and gives his armor to Lausus to have on his shoulders and to fix the crests upon his head.
§10.702Nec non Euanthen Phrygium Paridisque Mimanta §10.703aequalem comitemque, una quem nocte Theano §10.704in lucem genitori Amyco dedit et face praegnans §10.705Cisseis regina Parin creat: urbe paterna §10.706occubat, ignarum Laurens habet ora Mimanta.
Nor does he spare Phrygian Euanthes and Mimas, the equal and companion of Paris, whom in one night Theano brought into the light for his father Amycus, and the daughter of Cisseus, pregnant with a torch, gave birth to Paris; Paris lies in his father's city, while the Laurentine coast holds the stranger Mimas.
§10.707Ac velut ille canum morsu de montibus altis §10.708actus aper, multos Vesulus quem pinifer annos §10.709defendit multosve palus Laurentia, silva §10.710pastus harundinea, postquam inter retia ventum est, §10.711substitit infremuitque ferox et inhorruit armos, §10.712nec cuiquam irasci propiusque accedere virtus, §10.713sed iaculis tutisque procul clamoribus instant; §10.717ille autem impavidus partis cunctatur in omnis, §10.718dentibus infrendens, et tergo decutit hastas. §10.714haud aliter, iustae quibus est Mezentius irae, §10.715non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro; §10.716missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt:
And just as that wild boar, driven by the bite of dogs from the high mountains, whom pine-bearing Vesulus has defended for many years, or the Laurentian marsh for many, fed in the reedy forest, when he has come among the nets, stands still, roars fiercely, and bristles his shoulders; nor has anyone the courage to grow angry or draw nearer, but they press upon him from afar with javelins and safe shouts; but he, undaunted, hesitates in all directions, gnashing his teeth, and shakes off the spears from his back; — not otherwise, those to whom Mezentius is a subject of just anger, none has the courage to meet him with drawn sword; they provoke him from afar with missiles and a vast shout.
§10.719Venerat antiquis Corythi de finibus Acron, §10.720Graius homo, infectos linquens profugus hymenaeos.
Acron had come from the ancient borders of Corythus, a Greek, leaving a half-celebrated marriage as an exile.
§10.721Hunc ubi miscentem longe media agmina vidit, §10.722purpureum pennis et pactae coniugis ostro: §10.723impastus stabula alta leo ceu saepe peragrans, §10.724suadet enim vesana fames, si forte fugacem §10.725conspexit capream aut surgentem in cornua cervum, §10.726gaudet, hians immane, comasque arrexit et haeret §10.727visceribus super accumbens, lavit inproba taeter §10.728ora cruor, §10.729sic ruit in densos alacer Mezentius hostis.
When Mezentius saw him from afar confusing the middle ranks, shining purple with feathers and the scarlet of his pledged bride: as an unfed lion, often ranging through high pastures, for mad hunger drives him, if by chance he beholds a fleeing wild doe or a stag rising with high horns, rejoices, gaping monstrously, and has bristled his mane, and clings crouching over the entrails, while foul blood bathes his greedy mouth; — thus eager Mezentius rushes into the thickest of the enemies.
§10.730Sternitur infelix Acron et calcibus atram §10.731tundit humum expirans infractaque tela cruentat.
Unfortunate Acron is laid low and, expiring, beats the dark ground with his heels and stains the broken weapons with blood.
§10.732Atque idem fugientem haud est dignatus Oroden §10.733sternere nec iacta caecum dare cuspide volnus: §10.734obvius adversoque occurrit seque viro vir §10.735contulit, haud furto melior, sed fortibus armis.
And the same did not deign to lay low the fleeing Orodes, nor to inflict a hidden wound with a thrown spear: he ran to meet him face to face, and man engaged with man, not superior by stealth, but by brave weapons.
§10.736Tum super abiectum posito pede nixus et hasta: §10.737Pars belli haud temnenda, viri, iacet altus Orodes. §10.738Conclamant socii laetum paeana secuti.
Then, leaning on his spear and pressing with his foot upon the prostrate foe: "A portion of the war not to be despised, men, high Orodes lies here." His comrades shout together, following with a joyful paean.
§10.739Ille autem exspirans:
Non me, quicumque es, inulto, §10.740victor, nec longum laetabere: te quoque fata §10.741prospectant paria atque eadem mox arva tenebis. §10.742Ad quae subridens mixta Mezentius ira: §10.743Nunc morere.
But he, expiring: "Not unavenged shall I be, whoever you are, o victor, nor shall you rejoice long; equal fates also await you, and soon you shall hold the same fields." To whom Mezentius, smiling with mixed anger: "Now die.
Ast de me divom pater atque hominum rex §10.744viderit. Hoc dicens eduxit corpore telum: §10.745olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget §10.746somnus, in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem.
But concerning me, let the father of the gods and king of men see to it." Saying this, he drew the weapon from the body; a harsh rest and iron sleep press upon his eyes, their lights are closed into an eternal night.
§10.747Caedicus Alcathoum obtruncat, Sacrator Hydaspen §10.748Partheniumque Rapo et praedurum viribus Orsen, §10.749Messapus Croniumque Lycaoniumque Erichaeten, §10.750illum infrenis equi lapsu tellure iacentem, §10.751hunc peditem.
Caedicus cuts down Alcathous, Sacrator Hydaspes, Rapo kills Parthenius and Orses, outstanding in strength; Messapus slays Clonius and Lycaonian Erichaetes, the former lying on the ground from the fall of his unbridled horse, the latter on foot.
Pedes et Lycius processerat Agis, §10.752quem tamen haud expers Valerus virtutis avitae §10.753deicit; at Thronium Salius Saliumque Nealces §10.754insidiis, iaculo et longe fallente sagitta.
On foot also Lycian Agis had advanced, whom nevertheless Valerus, not lacking his ancestral courage, overthrows; and Salius slays Thronius, and Nealces slays Salius, by ambush, with a javelin and a far-deceiving arrow.
§10.755Iam gravis aequabat luctus et mutua Mavors §10.756funera: caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant §10.757victores victique, neque his fuga nota neque illis.
Now heavy Mars was equaling the griefs and mutual deaths: they slew alike and alike fell, the victors and the vanquished, nor was flight known to these or to those.
§10.758Di Iovis in tectis iram miserantur inanem
The gods in the dwellings of Jupiter pity the empty anger