597But meanwhile the Trojan force approaches the walls, with the Etruscan leaders and the whole army of horsemen, ordered by number into squadrons. 599Over the whole plain the prancing steed neighs and fights the tight-drawn reins, turning this way and that; 601then far and wide the field bristles iron with spears, and the plains blaze with arms held high. 603And opposite, Messapus and the swift Latins, and Coras with his brother, and the wing of the maiden Camilla appear facing them on the plain, and draw back their right hands and thrust their spears far forward, and brandish their javelins, and the advance of men and the snorting of horses grow hot.
608And now each side, having advanced within a spear's throw, had halted: suddenly they burst out with a shout and urge on their frenzied horses; 610at once from every side they pour thick weapons like snow, and the sky is covered with shadow. 612Straight away Tyrrhenus and keen Aconteus charge each other with all their force, spears levelled, and are the first to fall with a mighty crash, breaking their horses' chests, shattered, against each other's chests: Aconteus, flung off like a thunderbolt or a weight shot from an engine, hurtles far away and scatters his life into the air.