§5.321insequitur Salius; spatio post deinde relicto §5.322tertius Euryalus: §5.323Euryalumque Helymus sequitur; quo deinde sub ipso §5.324ecce volat calcemque terit iam calce Diores, §5.325incumbens umero, spatia et si plura supersint, §5.326transeat elapsus prior, ambiguumque relinquat.
Salius follows; then, after an interval left, Euryalus is third: and Helymus follows Euryalus; next, close behind him, behold, Diores flies and now rubs heel with heel, leaning over his shoulder; and if more space remained, he would have slipped past and gone ahead, leaving the issue in doubt.
§5.327Iamque fere spatio extremo fessique sub ipsam §5.328finem adventabant, levi cum sanguine Nisus §5.329labitur infelix, caesis ut forte iuvencis §5.330fusus humum viridisque super madefecerat herbas.
And now they were almost at the end of the course and, weary, were approaching the very goal, when Nisus on slippery blood unluckily slips, where by chance, from slaughtered bullocks, the poured-out blood had soaked the ground and the green grass above.
§5.331Hic iuvenis iam victor ovans vestigia presso §5.332haud tenuit titubata solo, sed pronus in ipso §5.333concidit immundoque fimo sacroque cruore.
Here the youth, already exulting as victor, did not hold his stumbling footsteps on the trodden ground, but fell prone into the filthy dung itself and the sacred blood.
§5.334Non tamen Euryali, non ille oblitus amorum; §5.335nam sese opposuit Salio per lubrica surgens; §5.336ille autem spissa iacuit revolutus harena.
Yet he was not forgetful of Euryalus, nor of his love; for rising through the slippery place, he opposed himself to Salius; but he fell back and lay on the thick sand.
§5.337Emicat Euryalus, et munere victor amici §5.338prima tenet, plausuque volat fremituque secundo.
Euryalus springs forward, and victor by the gift of his friend holds the first place, and flies with applause and favoring cheers.
§5.339Post Helymus subit, et nunc tertia palma Diores.
After him comes Helymus, and now Diores is the third prize.
§5.340Hic totum caveae consessum ingentis et ora §5.341prima patrum magnis Salius clamoribus implet, §5.342ereptumque dolo reddi sibi poscit honorem.
Here Salius fills the whole assembly of the great theater and the eyes of the elders in the front row with loud outcries, and demands that the honor snatched from him by trickery be restored to him.
§5.343Tutatur favor Euryalum, lacrimaeque decorae, §5.344gratior et pulchro veniens in corpore virtus.
Favor protects Euryalus, and his graceful tears, and merit appearing more pleasing in a beautiful body.
§5.345Adiuvat et magna proclamat voce Diores, §5.346qui subiit palmae, frustraque ad praemia venit §5.347ultima, si primi Salio reddentur honores.
Diores also helps and proclaims with a loud voice, who succeeded to the prize, and came in vain to the last reward, if the first honors are restored to Salius.
§5.348Tum pater Aeneas
Vestra
inquit
munera vobis §5.349certa manent, pueri, et palmam movet ordine nemo; §5.350me liceat casus misereri insontis amici. §5.351Sic fatus, tergum Gaetuli immane leonis §5.352dat Salio, villis onerosum atque unguibus aureis.
Then father Aeneas says: "Your gifts remain sure to you, boys, and no one moves the prize from its order; let it be permitted to me to pity the misfortune of an innocent friend." Thus having spoken, he gives Salius the huge hide of a Gaetulian lion, heavy with shaggy hair and golden claws.
§5.353Hic Nisus,
Si tanta
inquit
sunt praemia victis, §5.354et te lapsorum miseret, quae munera Niso §5.355digna dabis, primam merui qui laude coronam, §5.356ni me, quae Salium, fortuna inimica tulisset? §5.357Et simul his dictis faciem ostentabat et udo §5.358turpia membra fimo.
Here Nisus says: "If such great rewards are for the vanquished, and you pity those who have fallen, what worthy gifts will you give to Nisus, who deserved the first crown with praise, had not the same hostile fortune carried me away as did Salius?" And at the same time with these words he showed his face and limbs filthy with wet dung.
Risit pater optimus olli §5.359et clipeum efferri iussit, Didymaonis artem, §5.360Neptuni sacro Danais de poste refixum.
The excellent father smiled at him and ordered a shield to be brought out, the workmanship of Didymaon, taken down by the Greeks from the sacred doorpost of Neptune.
§5.361Hoc iuvenem egregium praestanti munere donat;
With this outstanding gift he presents the excellent youth.
§5.362Post, ubi confecti cursus, et dona peregit: §5.363Nunc, si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens, §5.364adsit, et evinctis attollat brachia palmis. §5.365Sic ait, et geminum pugnae proponit honorem, §5.366victori velatum auro vittisque iuvencum, §5.367ensem atque insignem galeam solacia victo.
Afterwards, when the races were finished and he had completed the gifts: "Now, if anyone has courage and a ready spirit in his breast, let him stand forth, and raise his arms with bound hands." Thus he speaks, and proposes a double honor for the contest, for the victor a bullock veiled with gold and ribbons, a sword and a noble helmet as consolation for the vanquished.
§5.368Nec mora: continuo vastis cum viribus effert §5.369ora Dares, magnoque virum se murmure tollit; §5.370solus qui Paridem solitus contendere contra, §5.371idemque ad tumulum, quo maximus occubat Hector, §5.372victorem Buten immani corpore, qui se §5.373Bebrycia veniens Amyci de gente ferebat, §5.374perculit, et fulva moribundum extendit harena.
Nor is there delay: immediately with vast strength Dares presents his face, and rises amid the great murmur of the men; who alone was accustomed to contend against Paris, and the same at the tomb where great Hector lies, struck down Butes of huge body, who boasted himself as coming from the Bebrycian race of Amycus, and stretched him dying on the yellow sand.
§5.375Talis prima Dares caput altum in proelia tollit, §5.376ostenditque umeros latos, alternaque iactat §5.377brachia protendens, et verberat ictibus auras.
Such Dares raises his high head first for the battle, and shows his broad shoulders, and tosses his arms, stretching them out alternately, and beats the air with blows.
§5.378Quaeritur huic alius; nec quisquam ex agmine tanto §5.379audet adire virum manibusque inducere caestus.
Another is sought for him; nor does anyone from so great a crowd dare to approach the man and draw the gauntlets onto his hands.
§5.380Ergo alacris, cunctosque putans excedere palma, §5.381Aeneae stetit ante pedes, nec plura moratus §5.382tum laeva taurum cornu tenet, atque ita fatur: §5.383Nate dea, si nemo audet se credere pugnae,
Therefore, eager, and thinking that all had given up the prize, he stood before Aeneas' feet, and delaying no longer, then holds the bull by the left horn, and thus speaks: "Son of a goddess, if no one dares to trust himself to the fight, what is the end of my standing?
§5.384quae finis standi? Quo me decet usque teneri?
How long is it fitting for me to be held?
§5.385Ducere dona iube. Cuncti simul ore fremebant §5.386Dardanidae, reddique viro promissa iubebant.
Order me to lead away the gifts." At the same time all the Trojans shouted assent, and ordered the promised gifts to be returned to the man.
§5.387Hic gravis Entellum dictis castigat Acestes, §5.388proximus ut viridante toro consederat herbae: §5.389Entelle, heroum quondam fortissime frustra, §5.390tantane tam patiens nullo certamine tolli
Here grave Acestes chides Entellus with words, as he sat next to him on the green couch of grass: "Entellus, once the bravest of heroes in vain, will you so patiently permit such great gifts to be carried off with no contest?
§5.391dona sines? Ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister §5.392nequiquam memoratus Eryx? Ubi fama per omnem
Where is now that godlike teacher Eryx, celebrated by us in vain?
§5.393Trinacriam, et spolia illa tuis pendentia tectis? §5.394Ille sub haec:
Non laudis amor, nec gloria cessit §5.395pulsa metu; sed enim gelidus tardante senecta §5.396sanguis hebet, frigentque effetae in corpore vires.
Where is your fame through all Trinacria, and those spoils hanging from your roof?" He replied to this: "Neither the love of praise nor glory has departed, driven away by fear; but indeed my cold blood is dulled by delaying old age, and my exhausted strength is cold in my body.
§5.397Si mihi, quae quondam fuerat, quaque improbus iste
If I had what once was mine, and in which that impudent fellow