Aen. 9.123Obstipuēre animīs Rutulī, conterritus ipse
turbātīs Messāpus equīs, cūnctātur et amnis
125rauca sonāns revocatque pedem Tiberīnus ab altō.The Rutulians were stunned in their hearts; Messapus himself was terrified, his horses thrown into confusion; and the river hesitates, sounding hoarsely, and Tiberinus draws back his foot from the deep. Aen. 9.126At nōn audācī Turnō fīdūcia cessit;But bold Turnus did not lose his confidence; Aen. 9.127ultrō animōs tollit dictīs atque increpat ultrō:
Trōiānōs haec mōnstra petunt, hīs Iuppiter ipse
auxilium solitum ēripuit, nōn tēla neque ignēs
130exspectāns Rutulōs.he even raises their spirits with words, and even rebukes them: 'These portents are aimed at the Trojans; Jupiter himself has snatched from them their usual help; he did not wait for Rutulian weapons and fires. Aen. 9.130Ergō maria invia Teucrīs
nec spēs ūlla fugae: rērum pars altera adempta est.So the seas are pathless for the Teucrians, and there is no hope of flight: half the world has been taken from them. Aen. 9.132Terra autem in nostrīs manibus, tot mīlia gentēs
arma ferunt Ītalae.But the land is in our hands; so many thousands, the nations of Italy, bear arms.
Aen. 9.133Nīl mē fātālia terrent,
sīqua Phrygēs prae sē iactant, respōnsa deōrum:
135sat fātīs Venerīque datum, tetigēre quod arva
fertilis Ausoniae Trōēs.The fated answers of the gods, if the Phrygians boast of any, do not frighten me at all: enough has been granted to the fates and to Venus, in that the Trojans have touched the fields of fertile Ausonia. Aen. 9.136Sunt et mea contrā
fāta mihi, ferrō scelerātam exscindere gentem,
coniuge praereptā: nec sōlōs tangit Atrīdās
iste dolor sōlīsque licet capere arma Mycēnīs.I too have my fates to set against theirs: to cut down with the sword an accursed race that has stolen my bride: that grief does not touch the sons of Atreus alone, nor is Mycenae alone allowed to take up arms. Aen. 9.140Sed periisse semel satis est: peccāre fuisset
ante satis penitus modo nōn genus omne perōsōs
fēmineum."But to have perished once is enough": then to have sinned once before should have been enough for them, hating now almost all womankind utterly. Aen. 9.142Quibus haec mediī fīdūcia vallī
fossārumque morae, lētī discrīmina parva,
dant animōs.These men take heart from this trust in the rampart between us and the hindrance of the ditches, a slender margin from death.
Aen. 9.144At nōn vīdērunt moenia Troiae
145Neptūnī fabricāta manū cōnsīdere in ignīs?But have they not seen the walls of Troy, built by Neptune's hand, sink into the flames? Aen. 9.146Sed vōs, ō lēctī, ferrō quī scindere vallum
apparat et mēcum invādit trepidantia castra.But you, my chosen men, who among you is ready to breach the rampart with the sword and attack the panic-stricken camp with me? Aen. 9.148Nōn armīs mihi Volcānī, nōn mīlle carīnīs
est opus in Teucrōs;I have no need of Vulcan's arms, nor of a thousand ships, against the Teucrians; Aen. 9.149addant sē prōtinus omnēs
150Etrūscī sociōs, tenebrās et inertia fūrta
Palladiī caesīs summae custōdibus arcis
nē timeant, nec equī caecā condēmur in alvō:
lūce palam certum est ignī circumdare mūrōs.let all the Etruscans join them straight away as allies; let them not fear darkness and the cowardly theft of the Palladium, with the guards of the high citadel slain; nor shall we hide in the dark belly of a horse: in daylight, openly, I am resolved to ring their walls with fire. Aen. 9.154Haud sibi cum Danaīs rem faxō et pūbe Pelasgā
155esse ferant, decumum quōs distulit Hector in annum.I shall make sure they do not think they are dealing with Danaans and Pelasgian youth, whom Hector held off until the tenth year.
Aen. 9.156Nunc adeō, melior quoniam pars ācta diēī,
quod superest, laetī bene gestīs corpora rēbus
prōcūrāte, virī, et pugnam spērāte parārī.Now then, since the better part of the day is spent, for what remains, men, refresh your bodies, glad at your success, and be sure that battle is being prepared.' Aen. 9.159Intereā vigilum excubiīs obsidēre portās
160cūra datur Messāpō et moenia cingere flammīs.Meanwhile Messapus is given the task of blockading the gates with watches of sentries and ringing the walls with fires. Aen. 9.161Bis septem Rutulī, mūrōs quī mīlite servent,
dēlēctī;Twice seven Rutulians are chosen to guard the walls with soldiers; Aen. 9.162ast illōs centēnī quemque sequuntur
purpureī cristīs iuvenēs aurōque coruscī.but each of them is followed by a hundred young men, purple-crested and gleaming with gold. Aen. 9.164Discurrunt variantque vices fūsīque per herbam
165indulgent vīnō et vertunt crātēras aēnōs.They run to and fro and take turns, and, stretched on the grass, indulge in wine and tip up bronze mixing-bowls. Aen. 9.166Conlūcent ignēs, noctem custōdia dūcit
īnsomnem lūdō.The fires blaze, and the watch spends the sleepless night in games.