Aen. 5.315Haec ubi dicta, locum capiunt, signōque repente
corripiunt spatia audītō, līmenque relinquunt,
effūsī nimbō similēs, simul ultima signant.When this was said, they take their places, and suddenly, hearing the signal, dash over the course and leave the line, pouring out like a storm-cloud, and at once fix their eyes on the finish. Aen. 5.318Prīmus abit longēque ante omnia corpora Nīsus
ēmicat, et ventīs et fulminis ōcior alīs;Nisus is away first and flashes far ahead of all the others, swifter than the winds and the wings of the thunderbolt; Aen. 5.320proximus huic, longō sed proxumus intervallō,
īnsequitur Salius;next to him, but next by a long gap, follows Salius; Aen. 5.321spatiō post deinde relictō
tertius Euryalus:
Euryalumque Helymus sequitur;then, a space left behind, Euryalus third: and Helymus follows Euryalus; Aen. 5.323quō deinde sub ipsō
ecce volat calcemque terit iam calce Diōrēs,
325incumbēns umerō, spatia et sī plūra supersint,
trānseat ēlāpsus prior, ambiguumque relinquat.and right behind him, look, Diores flies and grazes heel with heel now, pressing on his shoulder, and if more of the course remained, he would slip past and go ahead, or leave the issue in doubt.
Aen. 5.327Iamque ferē spatiō extrēmō fessīque sub ipsam
fīnem adventābant, levī cum sanguine Nīsus
lābitur īnfēlīx, caesīs ut forte iuvencīs
330fūsus humum viridīsque super madefēcerat herbās.And now, almost at the final stretch and tired, they were coming up to the finish itself, when unlucky Nisus slips in slippery blood, where by chance bullocks had been slaughtered and it had poured out over the ground and soaked the green grass. Aen. 5.331Hic iuvenis iam victor ovāns vestīgia pressō
haud tenuit titubāta solō, sed prōnus in ipsō
concidit immundōque fimō sacrōque cruōre.Here the young man, already exulting in victory, could not keep his stumbling steps on the trodden ground, but fell headlong right in the filthy dung and sacred gore. Aen. 5.334Nōn tamen Euryalī, nōn ille oblītus amōrum;Yet he did not forget Euryalus, nor his love; Aen. 5.335nam sēsē opposuit Saliō per lūbrica surgēns;for, rising over the slippery ground, he threw himself in Salius' way; Aen. 5.336ille autem spissā iacuit revolūtus harēnā.and Salius rolled over and lay on the thick sand. Aen. 5.337Ēmicat Euryalus, et mūnere victor amīcī
prīma tenet, plausūque volat fremitūque secundō.Euryalus flashes ahead, and, victor by his friend's gift, holds first place and flies on amid applause and cheering.
Aen. 5.339Post Helymus subit, et nunc tertia palma Diōrēs.Helymus comes in behind, and Diores, now winner of the third palm. Aen. 5.340Hīc tōtum caveae cōnsessum ingentis et ōra
prīma patrum magnīs Salius clamōribus implet,
ēreptumque dolō reddī sibi poscit honōrem.At this Salius fills the whole gathering of the huge auditorium and the front rows of the elders with loud shouts, and demands that the honour snatched by trickery be given back to him. Aen. 5.343Tūtātur favor Euryalum, lacrimaeque decōrae,
grātior et pulchrō veniēns in corpore virtūs.Favour protects Euryalus, and his graceful tears, and worth that is more pleasing when it comes in a beautiful body. Aen. 5.345Adiuvat et magnā prōclāmat vōce Diōrēs,
quī subiit palmae, frūstrāque ad praemia vēnit
ultima, sī prīmī Saliō reddentur honōrēs.Diores supports him and cries out loudly, he who had come up into the prizes, and has reached the last prize in vain if the first honours are given back to Salius.