Aen. 10.439Intereā soror alma monet succēdere Lausō
440Turnum, quī volucrī currū medium secat agmen.Meanwhile his kindly sister warns Turnus to take Lausus' place, and he cuts through the middle of the column in his swift chariot. Aen. 10.441Ut vīdit sociōs: Tempus dēsistere pugnae;When he saw his comrades: 'It is time to leave off fighting; Aen. 10.442sōlus ego in Pallanta feror, sōlī mihi Pallās
dēbētur;I alone advance against Pallas; to me alone Pallas is owed; Aen. 10.443cuperem ipse parēns spectātor adesset.I wish his father himself were here to watch.' Aen. 10.444Haec ait, et sociī cessērunt aequore iussō.So he speaks, and his comrades withdrew from the field as ordered. Aen. 10.445At Rutulum abscessū iuvenis tum iussa superba
mīrātus stupet in Turnō corpusque per ingēns
lūmina volvit obitque trucī procul omnia vīsū
tālibus et dictīs it contrā dicta tyrannī:
Aut spoliīs ego iam raptīs laudābor opīmīs
450aut lētō īnsignī: sortī pater aequus utrīque est.But then the young man, at the Rutulians' withdrawal, marvelling at the proud command, stands amazed at Turnus, rolls his eyes over that huge body and surveys it all from afar with a fierce look, and with such words goes to meet the words of the tyrant: 'Either I shall be praised now for seizing the richest spoils, or for a glorious death: my father is equal to either lot.
Aen. 10.451Tolle minās.Away with your threats.' Aen. 10.451Fātus medium prōcēdit in aequor.Having spoken, he advances into the middle of the field. Aen. 10.452Frīgidus Arcadibus coit in praecordia sanguis.The blood runs cold and gathers in the Arcadians' hearts. Aen. 10.453Dēsiluit Turnus biiugis, pedes apparat īre
comminus;Turnus leapt down from his chariot, and makes ready to go on foot, hand to hand; Aen. 10.454utque leō, speculā cum vīdit ab altā
455stāre procul campīs meditantem in proelia taurum,
advolat: haud alia est Turnī venientis imāgō.and as a lion, when from a high lookout he has seen a bull standing far off in the plains, intent on battle, flies at him: no different is the look of Turnus as he comes. Aen. 10.457Hunc ubi contiguum missae fore crēdidit hastae,
īre prior Pallās, Sīqua fors adiuvet ausum
vīribus imparibus, magnumque ita ad aethera fātur:
460Per patris hospitium et mēnsās, quās advena adīstī,
tē precor, Alcīdē, coeptīs ingentibus adsīs.When Pallas believed Turnus would be within reach of a thrown spear, he went first, in case chance might help one who dared with unequal strength, and so speaks to the great sky: 'By my father's hospitality and the table to which you came as a stranger, I beg you, Alcides, stand by my great attempt.
Aen. 10.462Cernat sēminecī sibi mē rapere arma cruenta
victōremque ferant morientia lūmina Turnī.Let him see me tearing the bloody arms from his half-dead body, and let the dying eyes of Turnus endure me as victor.' Aen. 10.464Audiit Alcīdēs iuvenem magnumque sub īmō
465corde premit gemitum lacrimāsque effundit inānīs.Alcides heard the young man, and pressed down a great groan deep in his heart, and shed vain tears. Aen. 10.466Tum Genitor nātum dictīs adfātur amīcīs:
Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inreparābile tempus
omnibus est vītae: sed fāmam extendere factīs,
hoc virtūtis opus.Then the Father addresses his son with kindly words: 'Each has his day fixed; brief and irreparable is the span of life for all; but to extend fame by deeds, that is the work of courage. Aen. 10.469Troiae sub moenibus altīs
470tot nātī cecidēre deum;Under the high walls of Troy so many sons of gods fell; Aen. 10.470quīn occīdit ūnā
Sarpēdōn, mea prōgeniēs.indeed, among them fell Sarpedon, my own offspring. Aen. 10.471Etiam sua Turnum
fāta vocant, mētāsque datī pervēnit ad aevī.Turnus too is called by his fates, and he has reached the limits of the life given him.' Aen. 10.473Sīc ait atque oculōs Rutulōrum rēicit arvīs.So he speaks, and turns his eyes away from the Rutulian fields.
Aen. 10.474At Pallās magnīs ēmittit vīribus hastam
475vāgīnāque cavā fulgentem dēripit ēnsem.But Pallas hurls his spear with great strength and snatches his flashing sword from its hollow sheath. Aen. 10.476Illa volāns umerī surgunt quā tegmina summa
incidit atque viam clipeī mōlīta per ōrās
tandem etiam magnō strinxit dē corpore Turnī.The spear flies and strikes where the top of the shoulder-covering rises, and forcing a way through the rim of the shield, at last even grazed the great body of Turnus.