§9.744intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam: §9.745excepere aurae volnus; Saturnia Iuno §9.746detorsit veniens, portaeque infigitur hasta.
Striving with his utmost strength, he hurls his spear: the winds received the blow; Saturnian Juno deflected it as it came, and the spear is fixed in the gate.
§9.747At non hoc telum, mea quod vi dextera versat, §9.748effugies; neque enim is teli nec volneris auctor. §9.749Sic ait et sublatum alte consurgit in ensem §9.750et mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem §9.751dividit inpubesque immani volnere malas.
"But you shall not escape this weapon, which my right hand wields with strength; you shall not escape; for he who wields this weapon and deals this wound is not such as you." So he speaks, and rises high upon his uplifted sword, and splits with the iron the middle of the forehead between the twin temples, and the youthful cheeks with a monstrous wound.
§9.752Fit sonus, ingenti concussa est pondere tellus: §9.753conlapsos artus atque arma cruenta cerebro §9.754sternit humi moriens, atque illi partibus aequis §9.755huc caput atque illuc umero ex utroque pependit.
A sound is made, the earth is shaken by the mighty weight: his collapsed limbs and armor gory with brains he stretches on the ground as he dies, and in equal parts his head hung here and there from either shoulder.
§9.756Diffugiunt versi trepida formidine Troes: §9.757et si continuo victorem ea cura subisset, §9.758rumpere claustra manu sociosque immittere portis, §9.759ultimus ille dies bello gentique fuisset; §9.760sed furor ardentem caedisque insana cupido §9.761egit in adversos.
The Trojans, turning back, flee in trembling dread: and if that care had immediately come upon the victor, to burst the bars with his hand and admit his companions through the gates, that day would have been the last for the war and the race; but fury and the mad lust for slaughter drove him, burning, against his opponents.
§9.762Principio Phalerim et succiso poplite Gygen §9.763excipit; hinc raptas fugientibus ingerit hastas §9.764in tergum, Iuno vires animumque ministrat; §9.765addit Halym comitem et confixa Phegea parma, §9.766ignaros deinde in muris Martemque cientis §9.767Alcandrumque Haliumque Noemonaque Prytanimque.
First, he catches Phaleris, and Gyges with severed hamstring; then, snatching up their spears, he hurls them into the backs of the fugitives; Juno supplies strength and courage; he adds Halys as a companion and Phegeus, his shield pierced, then, on the walls, [others] unaware and stirring up war, Alcander, Halius, Noemon, and Prytanis.
§9.768Lyncea tendentem contra sociosque vocantem §9.769vibranti gladio conixus ab aggere dexter §9.770occupat; huic uno desectum comminus ictu §9.771cum galea longe iacuit caput.
Lynceus, as he moved against him and called his comrades, from the rampart, on the right, with a supreme effort with his flashing sword anticipates him; his head, severed at close quarters with a single blow, lay far off together with his helmet.
Inde ferarum §9.772vastatorem Amycum, quo non felicior alter §9.773ungere tela manu ferrumque armare veneno, §9.774et Clytium Aeoliden et amicum Crethea Musis, §9.775Crethea Musarum comitem, cui carmina semper §9.776et citharae cordi numerosque intendere nervis.
Next, [he slays] Amycus, the destroyer of wild beasts, than whom no other was more skilled at anointing weapons with his hand and arming the iron with poison, and Clytius, son of Aeolus, and Cretheus, friend to the Muses, Cretheus, companion of the Muses, to whom songs were always and lyres a delight, and to stretch numbers upon strings.
§9.778Tandem ductores audita caede suorum §9.779conveniunt Teucri, Mnestheus acerque Serestus, §9.780palantisque vident socios hostemque receptum.
At length, hearing of the slaughter of their men, the leaders of the Trojans assemble, Mnestheus and fierce Serestus, and they see their comrades scattering and the enemy admitted.
§9.781Et Mnestheus:
Quo deinde fugam, quo tenditis?
inquit.
And Mnestheus: "Whither then do you flee, whither do you direct your course?" he says.
§9.782Quos alios muros, quae iam ultra moenia habetis?
"What other walls, what city walls do you have now beyond?
§9.783Unus homo et vestris, o cives, undique saeptus §9.784aggeribus tantas strages inpune per urbem §9.785ediderit, iuvenum primos tot miserit Orco?
"Shall one man, and he hemmed in on all sides by your ramparts, o citizens, have wrought such slaughter through the city with impunity, and sent so many of our foremost joys to Orcus?
§9.786Non infelicis patriae veterumque deorum §9.787et magni Aeneae, segnes, miseretque pudetque? §9.788Talibus accensi firmantur et agmine denso §9.789consistunt.
"Does no pity, no shame touch you for your unhappy fatherland, your ancient gods, and great Aeneas, you sluggards?" Inflamed by such words, they are strengthened and stand in a dense column.
Turnus paulatim excedere pugna §9.790et fluvium petere ac partem, quae cingitur unda; §9.791acrius hoc Teucri clamore incumbere magno §9.792et glomerare manum.
Turnus begins to withdraw gradually from the battle and to seek the river and the part which is surrounded by the wave; all the more fiercely the Trojans press upon him with a great shout and mass their band.
Ceu saevum turba leonem §9.793cum telis premit infensis, at territus ille, §9.794asper, acerba tuens, retro redit, et neque terga §9.795ira dare aut virtus patitur, nec tendere contra §9.796ille quidem hoc cupiens potis est per tela virosque: §9.797haud aliter retro dubius vestigia Turnus §9.798improperata refert, et mens exaestuat ira.
Just as when a crowd presses a fierce lion with hostile weapons, but he, terrified, fierce, glaring savagely, retreats backward, and neither does his anger or his courage permit him to turn his back, nor to press forward is he able, though he wishes it, through the weapons and the men: not otherwise does Turnus, hesitating, draw back his unhurried steps, and his mind seethes with rage.
§9.799Quin etiam bis tum medios invaserat hostis, §9.800bis confusa fuga per muros agmina vertit; §9.801sed manus e castris propere coit omnis in unum, §9.802nec contra vires audet Saturnia Iuno §9.803sufficere, aëriam caelo nam Iuppiter Irim §9.804demisit germanae haud mollia iussa ferentem, §9.805ni Turnus cedat Teucrorum moenibus altis.
Nay, even twice had he then rushed into the midst of the enemy, twice did he turn their columns in confused flight along the walls; but the entire force from the camp quickly gathers into one, nor does Saturnian Juno dare to supply him with strength against them, for Jupiter sent down airy Iris from heaven, sending no gentle commands to his sister, unless Turnus should withdraw from the high walls of the Trojans.
§9.806Ergo nec clipeo iuvenis subsistere tantum §9.807nec dextra valet: iniectis sic undique telis §9.808obruitur.
Therefore, neither with his shield can the youth hold his ground so far, nor with his right hand; so overwhelmed is he by weapons thrown from all sides.
Strepit adsiduo cava tempora circum §9.809tinnitu galea, et saxis solida aera fatiscunt, §9.810discussaeque iubae capiti, nec sufficit umbo §9.811ictibus: ingeminant hastis et Troes et ipse §9.812fulmineus Mnestheus.
His helmet rings around his hollow temples with constant clanging, and the solid bronze gapes under stones, and the crests are struck from his head, nor is his shield's boss sufficient for the blows: they redouble their spears, both the Trojans and the lightning-like Mnestheus himself.
Tum toto corpore sudor §9.813liquitur et piceum, nec respirare potestas, §9.814flumen agit; fessos quatit aeger anhelitus artus.
Then from his whole body sweat pours, and pitchy, nor is there power to breathe, it forms a river; a painful panting shakes his weary limbs.
§9.815Tum demum praeceps saltu sese omnibus armis §9.816in fluvium dedit: ille suo cum gurgite flavo §9.817accepit venientem ac mollibus extulit undis §9.818et laetum sociis abluta caede remisit.
Then at last, headlong with a leap, in all his armor, he cast himself into the river: it, with its yellow stream, received him as he came and bore him up on its gentle waves, and, having washed away the slaughter, returned him joyful to his companions.