§5.398exsultat fidens, si nunc foret illa iuventas,
exults, trusting in it.
§5.399haud equidem pretio inductus pulchroque iuvenco §5.400venissem, nec dona moror. Sic deinde locutus §5.401in medium geminos immani pondere caestus §5.402proiecit, quibus acer Eryx in proelia suetus §5.403ferre manum, duroque intendere brachia tergo.
If now that youth of mine were here, indeed, not induced by the prize and the beautiful bullock would I have come, nor do I care for gifts." Thus having spoken next, in the midst two boxing gauntlets of immense weight, he threw, with which fierce Eryx was accustomed in battle to engage, and to bind his arms with the tough hide.
Their minds were amazed: seven huge hides of such great oxen were stiff with sewn-in lead and iron.
§5.406Ante omnes stupet ipse Dares, longeque recusat; §5.407magnanimusque Anchisiades et pondus et ipsa §5.408huc illuc vinclorum immensa volumina versat.
Before all, Dares himself is stunned, and stands far back, refusing them; and the magnanimous son of Anchises turns this way and that both the weight and the immense folds themselves of the thongs.
§5.409Tum senior talis referebat pectore voces: §5.410Quid, si quis caestus ipsius et Herculis arma §5.411vidisset, tristemque hoc ipso in litore pugnam?
Then the older man uttered such words from his breast: "What if anyone had seen the gauntlets of Eryx himself and the weapons of Hercules, and the sorrowful fight on this very shore?
§5.412Haec germanus Eryx quondam tuus arma gerebat; — §5.413sanguine cernis adhuc sparsoque infecta cerebro; — §5.414his magnum Alciden contra stetit; his ego suetus, §5.415dum melior vires sanguis dabat, aemula necdum §5.416temporibus geminis canebat sparsa senectus.
These weapons your brother Eryx once used to wear;— you see them still stained with blood and scattered brains;— with these he stood against the great Alcides; with these I was accustomed, while better blood gave me strength, nor yet had envious old age, sprinkled on my twin temples, grown white.
§5.417Sed si nostra Dares haec Troius arma recusat, §5.418idque pio sedet Aeneae, probat auctor Acestes, §5.419aequemus pugnas.
But if Trojan Dares refuses these weapons of ours, and if it is resolved by pious Aeneas and approved by my sponsor Acestes, let us make the fight equal.
Erycis tibi terga remitto; §5.420solve metus; et tu Troianos exue caestus. §5.421Haec fatus, duplicem ex umeris reiecit amictum §5.422et magnos membrorum artus, magna ossa lacertosque §5.423exuit, atque ingens media consistit harena.
I waive the hides of Eryx for you; dismiss your fears; and do you strip off your Trojan gauntlets." Having spoken thus, he threw back his double cloak from his shoulders and stripped the great joints of his limbs, his great bones and arms, and stood, a giant, in the midst of the sand.
§5.424Tum satus Anchisa caestus pater extulit aequos, §5.425et paribus palmas amborum innexuit armis.
Then the father, sprung from Anchises, brought out equal gauntlets, and bound the hands of both with equal weapons.
§5.426Constitit in digitos extemplo arrectus uterque, §5.427brachiaque ad superas interritus extulit auras.
Immediately each stood upright, rising on his toes, and undaunted raised his arms to the air above.
§5.428Abduxere retro longe capita ardua ab ictu, §5.429immiscentque manus manibus, pugnamque lacessunt.
They drew their high heads far back from the blow, and intermingle hands with hands, and provoke the fight.
§5.430Ille pedum melior motu, fretusque iuventa; §5.431hic membris et mole valens, sed tarda trementi §5.432genua labant, vastos quatit aeger anhelitus artus.
The one is better in the movement of his feet, and trusting in his youth; the other is powerful in limbs and mass, but his slow, trembling knees totter, and a painful panting shakes his vast limbs.
§5.433Multa viri nequiquam inter se volnera iactant, §5.434multa cavo lateri ingeminant, et pectore vastos §5.435dant sonitus, erratque auris et tempora circum §5.436crebra manus, duro crepitant sub volnere malae.
The men throw many wounds in vain at one another, many they redouble on their hollow sides, and from their breasts they give forth vast sounds, and around their ears and temples the frequent hand wanders, and under the hard blow their jaws rattle.
§5.437Stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, §5.438corpore tela modo atque oculis vigilantibus exit.
Heavy Entellus stands unmoved in the same posture, and avoids the weapons only with his body and watchful eyes.
§5.439Ille, velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem, §5.440aut montana sedet circum castella sub armis, §5.441nunc hos, nunc illos aditus, omnemque pererrat §5.442arte locum, et variis adsultibus inritus urguet.
The other, like one who attacks a high city with siege works, or sits under arms around mountain fortresses, now these, now those approaches, and wanders through the whole place with art, and presses in vain with various assaults.
§5.443Ostendit dextram insurgens Entellus, et alte §5.444extulit: ille ictum venientem a vertice velox §5.445praevidit, celerique elapsus corpore cessit.
Rising, Entellus showed his right hand, and raised it high: the other quickly foresaw the blow coming from above, and slipping away with his swift body, withdrew.
§5.446Entellus vires in ventum effudit, et ultro §5.447ipse gravis graviterque ad terram pondere vasto §5.448concidit, ut quondam cava concidit aut Erymantho, §5.449aut Ida in magna, radicibus eruta pinus.
Entellus poured out his strength into the wind, and moreover, heavy himself, fell heavily to the ground with vast weight, as sometimes a hollow pine falls, torn up by the roots, either on Erymanthus, or on great Ida.
§5.450Consurgunt studiis Teucri et Trinacria pubes; §5.451it clamor caelo, primusque accurrit Acestes, §5.452aequaevumque ab humo miserans attollit amicum.
The Trojans and the Sicilian youth rise together with zeal; a shout goes to heaven, and Acestes runs up first, and pitying, raises his same-aged friend from the ground.
But not slowed down by the fall nor terrified, the hero returns more fierce to the fight, and rouses strength with anger.
§5.455Tum pudor incendit vires et conscia virtus, §5.456praecipitemque Daren ardens agit aequore toto, §5.457nunc dextra ingeminans ictus, nunc ille sinistra; §5.458nec mora, nec requies: quam multa grandine nimbi §5.459culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros §5.460creber utraque manu pulsat versatque Dareta.
Then shame and conscious valor inflame his strength, and burning, he drives Dares headlong over the whole plain, now redoubling blows with his right hand, now he with his left; nor is there delay, nor rest: as thick as the hail with which clouds rattle on rooftops, so with dense blows the hero, frequent with both hands, beats and tosses Dares.
§5.461Tum pater Aeneas procedere longius iras §5.462et saevire animis Entellum haud passus acerbis; §5.463sed finem imposuit pugnae, fessumque Dareta §5.464eripuit mulcens dictis, ac talia fatur: §5.465Infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit?
Then father Aeneas did not permit the anger to proceed further nor Entellus to rage with bitter minds; but he put an end to the fight, and rescued the weary Dares, soothing him with words, and speaks thus: "Unhappy man, what so great madness has seized your mind?
§5.466Non vires alias conversaque numina sentis?
Do you not perceive other strength and the turned divinities?
§5.467Cede deo. Dixitque et proelia voce diremit.
Yield to the god." He spoke, and by his voice broke off the battles.
§5.468Ast illum fidi aequales, genua aegra trahentem, §5.469iactantemque utroque caput, crassumque cruorem §5.470ore eiectantem mixtosque in sanguine dentes, §5.471ducunt ad naves; galeamque ensemque vocati §5.472accipiunt; palmam Entello taurumque relinquunt.
But his faithful companions lead him, dragging his painful knees, and tossing his head to either side, and spitting thick blood from his mouth, and teeth mixed in the blood, to the ships; and being called, they receive the helmet and the sword; they leave the palm and the bull to Entellus.