Aen. 7.475Dum Turnus Rutulōs animīs audācibus implet,
Allēctō in Teucrōs Stygiīs sē concitat alīs,
arte novā speculāta locum, quō lītore pulcher
īnsidiīs cursūque ferās agitābat Iūlus.While Turnus fills the Rutulians with bold spirit, Allecto speeds on Stygian wings against the Teucrians, having spied out with a new trick the place on the shore where handsome Iulus was hunting wild beasts with snares and on the run. Aen. 7.479Hīc subitam canibus rabiem Cōcȳtia virgō
480obicit et notō nārīs contingit odōre,
ut cervum ārdentēs agerent;Here the maiden of Cocytus throws a sudden madness on the hounds and touches their nostrils with a familiar scent, so that they would hotly chase a stag; Aen. 7.481quae prīma labōrum
causa fuit bellōque animōs accendit agrestīs.and this was the first cause of the troubles and fired the countrymen's hearts for war. Aen. 7.483Cervus erat fōrmā praestantī et cornibus ingēns,
Tyrrhidae puerī quem mātris ab ūbere raptum
485nūtrībant Tyrrhusque pater, cui rēgia pārent
armenta et lātē custōdia crēdita campī.There was a stag of outstanding beauty and with huge antlers, which the sons of Tyrrhus and their father Tyrrhus were rearing, torn from its mother's udder; to him the royal herds were obedient, and the care of the plain far and wide was entrusted.
Aen. 7.487Adsuētum imperiīs soror omnī Silvia cūrā
mollibus intexēns ōrnābat cornua sertīs
pectēbatque ferum pūrōque in fonte lavābat.Their sister Silvia, with every care, used to adorn its antlers, as it grew used to her commands, entwining them with soft garlands, and she would comb the wild creature and wash it in a clear spring. Aen. 7.490Ille, manum patiēns mēnsaeque adsuētus erīlī,
errābat silvīs rūrsusque ad līmina nota
ipse domum sērā quamvīs sē nocte ferēbat.It, tolerant of the hand and used to its masters' table, would wander in the woods and return home of its own accord to the familiar threshold, however late in the night. Aen. 7.493Hunc procul errantem rabidae vēnantis Iūlī
commōvēre canēs, fluviō cum forte secundō
495dēflueret rīpāque aestus viridante levāret.As it strayed far off, the raging hounds of Iulus, out hunting, startled it, when it happened to be floating down the river and cooling its heat on the green bank. Aen. 7.496Ipse etiam, eximiae laudis succēnsus amōre,
Ascanius curvō dīrēxit spīcula cornū;Ascanius himself too, fired with love of outstanding glory, aimed shafts from his curved bow; Aen. 7.498nec dextrae errantī deus āfuit, āctaque multō
perque uterum sonitū perque īlia vēnit harundō.nor did a god fail his erring hand, and the arrow, driven with a loud whirr, came through belly and flanks.
Aen. 7.500Saucius at quadrupēs nota intrā tēcta refūgit
successitque gemēns stabulīs questūque cruentus
atque implōrantī similis tēctum omne replēbat.But the wounded beast fled back inside the familiar house and crept groaning into its stall, and, bleeding and like one begging, filled the whole house with its complaint. Aen. 7.503Silvia prīma soror, palmīs percussa lacertōs,
auxilium vocat et dūrōs conclāmat agrestīs.Silvia, the sister, first, beating her arms with her palms, calls for help and summons the hardy countrymen. Aen. 7.505Ollī, pestis enim tacitīs latet aspera silvīs,
inprōvīsī adsunt, hic torre armātus obustō,
stīpitis hic gravidī nōdīs: quod cuique repertum
rīmantī, tēlum īra facit.They, since the cruel plague lurks in the silent woods, appear unexpectedly, one armed with a fire-hardened stake, another with the knots of a heavy club: whatever each finds as he searches, anger makes a weapon. Aen. 7.508Vocat agmina Tyrrhus,
quadrifidam quercum cuneīs ut forte coāctīs
510scindēbat, raptā spīrāns immāne secūrī.Tyrrhus calls out the bands, just as he happened to be splitting an oak into four with driven wedges, panting savagely, the axe snatched up.