Aen. 5.519Āmissā sōlus palmā superābat Acestēs;With the palm lost, only Acestes remained; Aen. 5.520quī tamen āeriās tēlum contendit in aurās,
ostentāns artemque pater arcumque sonantem.yet he shot his arrow up into the airy breezes, showing off, old father as he was, both his skill and his resounding bow. Aen. 5.522Hīc oculīs subitō obicitur magnōque futūrum
auguriō mōnstrum;Here suddenly a portent appears before their eyes, destined to be of great augury; Aen. 5.523docuit post exitus ingēns,
sēraque terrificī cecinērunt ōmina vātēs.the great outcome taught it later, and awe-inspiring seers sang of the omens too late. Aen. 5.525Namque volāns liquidīs in nūbibus ārsit harundō,
signāvitque viam flammīs, tenuisque recessit
cōnsūmpta in ventōs, caelō ceu saepe refīxa
trānscurrunt crīnemque volantia sīdera dūcunt.For flying among the clear clouds the reed caught fire, marked its path with flames, and vanished, consumed, into the thin winds, as often stars loosed from the sky shoot across and, flying, trail their hair. Aen. 5.529Attonitīs haesēre animīs, superōsque precātī
530Trīnacriī Teucrīque virī;The Sicilian and Trojan men froze with stunned minds and prayed to the gods above; Aen. 5.530nec maximus ōmen
abnuit Aenēās;nor did great Aeneas reject the omen; Aen. 5.531sed laetum amplexus Acestēn
mūneribus cumulat magnīs, ac tālia fātur:
Sūme, pater;but embracing glad Acestes he heaps him with great gifts, and speaks thus: 'Take them, father; Aen. 5.533nam tē voluit rēx magnus Olympī
tālibus auspiciīs exsortem dūcere honōrēs.for the great king of Olympus has willed by such auspices that you should take honours beyond the lot.
Aen. 5.535Ipsīus Anchīsae longaevī hoc mūnus habēbis,
crātēra impressum signīs, quem Thrācius ōlim
Anchīsae genitōrī in magnō mūnere Cisseus
ferre suī dederat monumentum et pignus amōris.You shall have this gift from aged Anchises himself, a mixing bowl embossed with figures, which Thracian Cisseus once gave my father Anchises as a great gift to keep, a memorial of himself and a pledge of his love.' Aen. 5.539Sīc fātus cingit viridantī tempora laurō,
540et prīmum ante omnēs victōrem appellat Acestēn.So speaking he wreathes his temples with green laurel, and hails Acestes as victor first before all. Aen. 5.541Nec bonus Eurytiōn praelātō invīdit honōrī,
quamvīs sōlus avem caelō dēiēcit ab altō.Nor did good Eurytion begrudge the honour preferred to his, although he alone brought the bird down from the high sky. Aen. 5.543Proximus ingreditur dōnīs, quī vincula rūpit;Next for gifts comes he who broke the cords; Aen. 5.544extrēmus, volucrī quī fīxit arundine mālum.last, he who pierced the mast with his winged arrow.