Aen. 5.421Haec fātus, duplicem ex umerīs rēiēcit amictum
et magnōs membrōrum artūs, magna ossa lacertōsque
exuit, atque ingēns mediā cōnsistit harēnā.Having said this, he threw the double cloak from his shoulders, and bared the great joints of his limbs, his great bones and arms, and stands huge in the middle of the sand. Aen. 5.424Tum satus Anchīsā caestūs pater extulit aequōs,
425et paribus palmās ambōrum innexuit armīs.Then father Aeneas, son of Anchises, brought out equal gauntlets, and bound the hands of both with matching arms. Aen. 5.426Cōnstitit in digitōs extemplō arrēctus uterque,
brachiaque ad superās interritus extulit aurās.At once each stood poised on his toes, and fearlessly raised his arms to the air above. Aen. 5.428Abdūxēre retrō longē capita ardua ab ictū,
immiscentque manūs manibus, pugnamque lacessunt.They drew their lofty heads far back out of reach of blows, and mix hands with hands, and provoke the fight. Aen. 5.430Ille pedum melior mōtū, frētusque iuventā;The one is better in the movement of his feet, and relies on youth; Aen. 5.431hic membrīs et mōle valēns, sed tarda trementī
genua labant, vāstōs quatit aeger anhēlitus artūs.the other is strong in limbs and bulk, but his slow knees totter and give way as he trembles, laboured breathing shakes his huge frame.
Aen. 5.433Multa virī nēquīquam inter sē volnera iactant,
multa cavō laterī ingeminant, et pectore vāstōs
435dant sonitūs, erratque aurīs et tempora circum
crēbra manus, dūrō crepitant sub volnere mālae.The men hurl many blows at each other in vain, redouble many on hollow flanks, and their chests give out loud sounds, and fists stray thick and fast around ears and temples, cheeks crack under the hard blows. Aen. 5.437Stat gravis Entellus nīsūque immōtus eōdem,
corpore tēla modo atque oculīs vigilantibus exit.Entellus stands heavy, unmoved in the same stance, avoiding the blows only with his body and watchful eyes. Aen. 5.439Ille, velut celsam oppugnat quī mōlibus urbem,
440aut montāna sedet circum castella sub armīs,
nunc hōs, nunc illōs aditūs, omnemque pererrat
arte locum, et variīs adsultibus inritus urguet.The other, like one who attacks a lofty city with siege works, or sits in arms around mountain forts, tries now this approach, now that, ranges over every place with skill, and presses with varied assaults, but in vain. Aen. 5.443Ostendit dextram īnsurgēns Entellus, et altē
extulit: ille ictum venientem ā vertice vēlōx
445praevīdit, celerīque ēlāpsus corpore cessit.Entellus, rising up, shows his right hand and raised it high: the other quickly foresaw the blow coming from above, and slipping aside with his swift body, avoided it.
Aen. 5.446Entellus vīrēs in ventum effūdit, et ultrō
ipse gravis graviterque ad terram pondere vāstō
concidit, ut quondam cava concidit aut Erymanthō,
aut Īdā in magnā, rādīcibus ēruta pīnus.Entellus spent his strength on the wind, and, heavy himself, of his own accord fell heavily to the ground with his huge weight, as sometimes a hollow pine falls, torn up by its roots, on Erymanthus or great Ida. Aen. 5.450Cōnsurgunt studiīs Teucrī et Trīnacria pūbēs;The Trojans and the Sicilian youth rise up in eager excitement; Aen. 5.451it clamor caelō, prīmusque accurrit Acestēs,
aequaevumque ab humō miserāns attollit amīcum.a shout goes up to the sky, and Acestes runs up first, and in pity lifts his friend, of the same age, from the ground. Aen. 5.453At nōn tardātus cāsū neque territus hērōs
ācrior ad pugnam redit ac vim suscitat īrā.But the hero, neither slowed nor frightened by his fall, returns keener to the fight and rouses his violence with anger. Aen. 5.455Tum pudor incendit vīrēs et cōnscia virtūs,
praecipitemque Darēn ārdēns agit aequore tōtō,
nunc dextrā ingemināns ictūs, nunc ille sinistrā;Then shame and conscious valour kindle his strength, and burning he drives Dares headlong over the whole level, redoubling blows now with his right, now with his left; Aen. 5.458nec mora, nec requiēs: quam multā grandine nimbī
culminibus crepitant, sīc dēnsīs ictibus hērōs
460crēber utrāque manū pulsat versatque Darēta.no delay, no rest: as thick as the hail that storm-clouds rattle on the roofs, so the hero with dense blows from both hands pounds and tumbles Dares.