Aen. 5.387Hīc gravis Entellum dictīs castīgat Acestēs,
proximus ut viridante torō cōnsēderat herbae:
Entelle, hērōum quondam fortissimē frūstrā,
390Tantane tam patiēns nūllō certāmine tollī
dōna sinēs?At this grave Acestes rebukes Entellus with words, as he sat next to him on the green couch of grass: 'Entellus, once the bravest of heroes, all in vain, will you so meekly allow such gifts to be carried off without a contest? Aen. 5.391Ubi nunc nōbīs deus ille magister
nēquīquam memorātus Eryx?Where now is that god Eryx, your teacher, of whom you boast to no purpose? Aen. 5.392Ubi fāma per omnem
Trīnacriam, et spolia illa tuīs pendentia tēctīs?Where is your fame throughout all Sicily, and those spoils hanging in your house?' Aen. 5.394Ille sub haec: Nōn laudis amor, nec glōria cessit
395pulsa metū;He replied to this: 'Love of praise has not gone, nor has my glory, driven out by fear; Aen. 5.395sed enim gelidus tardante senectā
sanguis hebet, frīgentque effētae in corpore vīrēs.but my blood is chilled and dulled by slow old age, and the exhausted strength in my body is cold.
Aen. 5.397Sī mihi, quae quondam fuerat, quāque improbus iste
exsultat fīdēns, sī nunc foret illa iuventās,
haud equidem pretiō inductus pulchrōque iuvencō
400vēnissem, nec dōna moror.If I had that youth which once I had, and in which that insolent fellow there exults in confidence, if I had it now, I would not have come induced by a prize and a fine bullock, nor do I care for gifts.' Aen. 5.400Sīc deinde locūtus
in medium geminōs immānī pondere caestūs
prōiēcit, quibus ācer Eryx in proelia suētus
ferre manum, dūrōque intendere brachia tergō.Having spoken thus, he then threw into the middle a pair of gauntlets of enormous weight, with which fierce Eryx used to bring his hand into battle, binding his arms with the tough hide. Aen. 5.404Obstipuēre animī: tantōrum ingentia septem
405terga boum plumbō īnsūtō ferrōque rigēbant.Their minds were stunned: the seven huge hides of such great oxen were stiff with lead and iron sewn in. Aen. 5.406Ante omnēs stupet ipse Darēs, longēque recūsat;Dares himself is astounded above all, and draws far back in refusal; Aen. 5.407magnanimusque Anchīsiadēs et pondus et ipsa
hūc illūc vinclōrum immēnsa volūmina versat.and the great-hearted son of Anchises turns over this way and that both the weight and the vast coils of the thongs themselves.
Aen. 5.409Tum senior tālīs referēbat pectore vōcēs:
410Quid, sī quis caestūs ipsīus et Herculis arma
vīdisset, trīstemque hōc ipsō in lītore pugnam?Then the old man uttered such words from his breast: 'What if someone had seen the gauntlets and arms of Hercules himself, and the grim fight on this very shore? Aen. 5.412Haec germānus Eryx quondam tuus arma gerēbat;—
sanguine cernis adhūc sparsōque īnfecta cerebrō;—
hīs magnum Alcīdēn contrā stetit;These arms your brother Eryx once wore—you see them still stained with blood and spattered brains—with these he stood against great Alcides; Aen. 5.414hīs ego suētus,
415dum melior vīrēs sanguis dabat, aemula necdum
temporibus geminīs canēbat sparsa senectūs.to these I was used, while better blood gave me strength, and envious old age had not yet sprinkled grey on both my temples. Aen. 5.417Sed sī nostra Darēs haec Trōius arma recūsat,
idque piō sedet Aenēae, probat auctor Acestēs,
aequēmus pugnās.But if Trojan Dares refuses these arms of ours, and dutiful Aeneas is resolved on it, and Acestes, my sponsor, approves, let us make the fight equal. Aen. 5.419Erycis tibi terga remittō;I give up the hides of Eryx for you; Aen. 5.420solve metūs;put away your fears; Aen. 5.420et tū Trōiānōs exue caestūs.and you, take off your Trojan gauntlets.'