§5.239Dixit, eumque imis sub fluctibus audiit omnis §5.240Nereidum Phorcique chorus Panopeaque virgo, §5.241et pater ipse manu magna Portunus euntem §5.242impulit; illa Noto citius volucrique sagitta §5.243ad terram fugit, et portu se condidit alto.
He spoke, and under the deep waves the whole choir of the Nereids and of Phorcus, and the virgin Panopea heard him, and father Portunus himself with his great hand impelled him as he went; the ship fled to land swifter than the South wind or a winged arrow, and hid herself in the deep harbor.
§5.244Tum satus Anchisa, cunctis ex more vocatis, §5.245victorem magna praeconis voce Cloanthum §5.246declarat viridique advelat tempora lauro, §5.247muneraque in naves ternos optare iuvencos, §5.248vinaque et argenti magnum dat ferre talentum.
Then the son of Anchises, all being summoned according to custom, declares Cloanthus victor with the loud voice of the herald, and veils his temples with green laurel, and gives gifts to be chosen for the ships, three bullocks each, and wines and a great talent of silver to carry away.
§5.249Ipsis praecipuos ductoribus addit honores: §5.250victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum §5.251purpura maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit, §5.252intextusque puer frondosa regius Ida §5.253veloces iaculo cervos cursuque fatigat, §5.254acer, anhelanti similis, quem praepes ab Ida §5.255sublimem pedibus rapuit Iovis armiger uncis; §5.256longaevi palmas nequiquam ad sidera tendunt §5.257custodes, saevitque canum latratus in auras.
To the leaders themselves he adds special honors: to the victor a gold-embroidered cloak, around which a rich Meliboean purple ran in a double meandering wave, and woven in was the royal boy on leafy Ida, tiring swift stags with javelin and chase, keen, and like one panting, whom the swift arm-bearer of Jove snatched aloft from Ida with his crooked claws; the aged guardians in vain stretch their palms to the stars, and the fierce barking of dogs rages into the air.
§5.258At qui deinde locum tenuit virtute secundum, §5.259levibus huic hamis consertam auroque trilicem §5.260loricam, quam Demoleo detraxerat ipse §5.261victor apud rapidum Simoënta sub Ilio alto, §5.262donat habere viro, decus et tutamen in armis.
But to him who next held the second place by his valor, to this man he gives a triple coat of mail, woven with light rings and gold, which Demoleos himself, as victor, had stripped by the swift Simois under high Ilium, to have for his own, an honor and a defense in arms.
§5.263Vix illam famuli Phegeus Sagarisque ferebant §5.264multiplicem, conixi umeris; indutus at olim §5.265Demoleos cursu palantes Troas agebat.
The servants Phegeus and Sagaris with difficulty bore it, heavy with its many folds, straining with their shoulders; but once Demoleos, wearing it, used to drive the scattered Trojans at full speed.
§5.266Tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas, §5.267cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis.
The third gifts he makes a pair of bronze kettles, and cups finished in silver and rough with figures.
§5.268Iamque adeo donati omnes opibusque superbi §5.269puniceis ibant evincti tempora taenis, §5.270cum saevo e scopulo multa vix arte revolsus, §5.271amissis remis atque ordine debilis uno, §5.272inrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat.
And now indeed they all, thus gifted and proud of their wealth, were marching with their temples bound with scarlet ribbons, when, torn from the cruel rock with much difficulty and skill, with lost oars and weak with a single tier, Sergestus was bringing back his mocked ship without honor.
§5.273Qualis saepe viae deprensus in aggere serpens, §5.274aerea quem obliquum rota transiit, aut gravis ictu §5.275seminecem liquit saxo lacerumque viator; §5.276nequiquam longos fugiens dat corpore tortus, §5.277parte ferox, ardensque oculis, et sibila colla §5.278arduus attollens, pars volnere clauda retentat §5.279nexantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem: §5.280tali remigio navis se tarda movebat; §5.281vela facit tamen, et velis subit ostia plenis.
Just as often a snake, caught on the rise of a road, which a bronze wheel has run over crosswise, or a traveler with a heavy blow has left half-dead and mangled with a stone; in vain trying to escape, it gives long twists with its body, in part fierce, burning with its eyes, and raising on high its hissing neck, while the part crippled by the wound holds it back as it twists in knots and folds itself upon its own limbs: with such rowing the slow ship was moving itself; yet she makes sail, and enters the harbor's mouth with full sails.
Aeneas presents Sergestus with the promised gift, joyful on account of the saved ship and the companions brought back.
§5.284Olli serva datur, operum haud ignara Minervae, §5.285Cressa genus, Pholoë, geminique sub ubere nati.
To him a female slave is given, not unskilled in the works of Minerva, a Cretan by birth, Pholoe, and her twin sons at her breast.
§5.286Hoc pius Aeneas misso certamine tendit §5.287gramineum in campum, quem collibus undique curvis §5.288cingebant silvae, mediaque in valle theatri §5.289circus erat; quo se multis cum milibus heros §5.290consessu medium tulit exstructoque resedit.
This contest being dismissed, pious Aeneas proceeds into a grassy plain, which forests on all sides with curving hills enclosed, and in the middle of the valley was the circus of a theater; whither the hero with many thousands betook himself into the midst of the assembly and sat down on a raised seat.
§5.291Hic, qui forte velint rapido contendere cursu, §5.292invitat pretiis animos, et praemia ponit.
Here, whoever by chance might wish to contend in rapid race, he invites their minds with rewards, and sets up prizes.
§5.293Undique conveniunt Teucri mixtique Sicani, §5.294Nisus et Euryalus primi, §5.295Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa, §5.296Nisus amore pio pueri; quos deinde secutus §5.297regius egregia Priami de stirpe Diores; §5.298hunc Salius simul et Patron, quorum alter Acarnan, §5.299alter ab Arcadio Tegeaeae sanguine gentis; §5.300tum duo Trinacrii iuvenes, Helymus Panopesque, §5.301adsueti silvis, comites senioris Acestae; §5.302multi praeterea, quos fama obscura recondit.
From all sides gather the Teucrians and Sicanians mixed, Nisus and Euryalus the first, Euryalus remarkable for his beauty and green youth, Nisus for his pious love for the boy; whom next followed royal Diores from the noble stock of Priam; him Salius and Patron followed together, of whom one was an Acarnanian, the other of the Arcadian blood of the Tegeaean race; then two Trinacrian youths, Helymus and Panopes, accustomed to the woods, companions of the aged Acestes; many besides, whom obscure fame hides.
§5.303Aeneas quibus in mediis sic deinde locutus: §5.304Accipite haec animis, laetasque advertite mentes: §5.305nemo ex hoc numero mihi non donatus abibit.
In the midst of whom Aeneas then spoke thus: "Receive these things in your minds, and turn your joyful attention: no one of this number shall depart from me without a gift.
§5.306Gnosia bina dabo levato lucida ferro §5.307spicula caelatamque argento ferre bipennem; §5.308omnibus hic erit unus honos.
I will give two Gnosian darts, bright with polished iron, and a double-ax carved with silver to carry away; this one honor shall be for all.
Tres praemia primi §5.309accipient flavaque caput nectentur oliva.
The first three shall receive prizes and have their heads bound with yellow olive.
§5.310Primus equum phaleris insignem victor habeto; §5.311alter Amazoniam pharetram plenamque sagittis §5.312Threïciis, lato quam circum amplectitur auro §5.313balteus et tereti subnectit fibula gemma; §5.314tertius Argolica hac galea contentus abito. §5.315Haec ubi dicta, locum capiunt, signoque repente §5.316corripiunt spatia audito, limenque relinquunt, §5.317effusi nimbo similes, simul ultima signant.
Let the first victor have a horse distinguished with trappings; the second an Amazonian quiver, full of Thracian arrows, which a belt girdles around with broad gold, and a buckle subnects with a polished gem; let the third go away content with this Argolic helmet." When these words were said, they take their places, and suddenly, the signal heard, they seize the course and leave the threshold, poured forth like a storm-cloud, at the same time they mark the goal.
§5.318Primus abit longeque ante omnia corpora Nisus §5.319emicat, et ventis et fulminis ocior alis; §5.320proximus huic, longo sed proxumus intervallo,
First goes Nisus, and far before all bodies he springs forth, swifter than the winds and the wings of lightning; next to him, but next by a long interval,