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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber V 91<br />
concid<strong>it</strong>, ut quondam caua concid<strong>it</strong> aut Erymantho<br />
aut Ida in magna radicibus eruta pinus.<br />
consurgunt studiis Teucri et Trinacria pubes; 450<br />
<strong>it</strong> clamor caelo primusque accurr<strong>it</strong> Acestes<br />
aequaeuumque ab humo miserans attoll<strong>it</strong> amicum.<br />
at non tardatus casu neque terr<strong>it</strong>us heros<br />
acrior ad pugnam red<strong>it</strong> ac uim susc<strong>it</strong>at ira;<br />
tum pudor incend<strong>it</strong> uiris et conscia uirtus, 455<br />
praecip<strong>it</strong>emque Daren ardens ag<strong>it</strong> aequore toto<br />
nunc dextra ingeminans ictus, nunc ille sinistra.<br />
nec mora nec requies: quam multa grandine nimbi<br />
culminibus crep<strong>it</strong>ant, sic densis ictibus heros<br />
creber utraque manu pulsat uersatque Dareta. 460<br />
Tum pater Aeneas procedere longius iras<br />
et saeuire animis Entellum haud passus acerbis,<br />
sed finem imposu<strong>it</strong> pugnae fessumque Dareta<br />
eripu<strong>it</strong> mulcens dictis ac talia fatur:<br />
'infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cep<strong>it</strong>? 465<br />
non uiris alias conuersaque numina sentis?<br />
cede deo.' dix<strong>it</strong>que et proelia uoce direm<strong>it</strong>.<br />
ast illum fidi aequales genua aegra trahentem<br />
iactantemque utroque caput crassumque cruorem<br />
ore eiectantem mixtosque in sanguine dentes 470<br />
ducunt ad nauis; galeamque ensemque uocati<br />
accipiunt, palmam Entello taurumque relinquunt.<br />
hic uictor superans animis tauroque superbus<br />
'nate dea, uosque haec' inqu<strong>it</strong> 'cognosc<strong>it</strong>e, Teucri,<br />
et mihi quae fuerint iuuenali in corpore uires 475<br />
et qua seruetis reuocatum a morte Dareta.'<br />
dix<strong>it</strong>, et aduersi contra stet<strong>it</strong> ora iuuenci<br />
qui donum astabat pugnae, durosque reducta<br />
librau<strong>it</strong> dextra media inter cornua caestus<br />
arduus, effractoque inlis<strong>it</strong> in ossa cerebro: 480<br />
stern<strong>it</strong>ur exanimisque tremens procumb<strong>it</strong> humi bos.<br />
ille super talis effund<strong>it</strong> pectore uoces:<br />
'hanc tibi, Eryx, meliorem animam pro morte Daretis<br />
persoluo; hic uictor caestus artemque repono.'<br />
Protinus Aeneas celeri certare sag<strong>it</strong>ta 485<br />
inu<strong>it</strong>at qui forte uelint et praemia dic<strong>it</strong>,
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