461Then father Aeneas did not allow the anger to go further, nor Entellus to rage with bitter spirit; 463but he put an end to the fight, and rescued the exhausted Dares, soothing him with words, and speaks thus: 'Unhappy man, what great madness has seized your mind? 466Do you not feel that the strength is another's and the powers of heaven have turned? 467Yield to the god.' 467He spoke, and with his voice parted the fight. 468But his loyal friends lead Dares to the ships, dragging his weak knees, tossing his head from side to side, and spitting from his mouth thick gore and teeth mixed with blood; 471summoned, they receive the helmet and sword; 472the palm and the bull they leave to Entellus.
473At this the victor, exultant in spirit and proud of the bull, said: 'Goddess-born, and you Trojans, learn this: both what strength was in my body in youth, and from what death you are saving Dares, called back.' 477He spoke, and stood facing the bullock that stood by as the prize of the fight, and drawing back his right hand, rising high, swung the hard gauntlets between its horns, and smashed them into the bones, shattering the brain. 481The ox is felled and, trembling and lifeless, falls to the ground. 482Over it he pours such words from his breast: 'This better life I pay to you, Eryx, in place of Dares' death; 484here, victorious, I lay down the gauntlets and my art.'