Aen. 9.367Intereā praemissī equitēs ex urbe Latīnā,
cētera dum legiō campīs īnstrūcta morātur,
ībant et Turnō rēgī respōnsa ferēbant,
370Tercentum, scūtātī omnēs, Volcente magistrō.Meanwhile horsemen sent ahead from the Latin city, while the rest of the legion waits drawn up on the plains, were coming and bringing answers to King Turnus, three hundred, all bearing shields, under the command of Volcens. Aen. 9.371Iamque propinquābant castrīs mūrōsque subībant,
cum procul hōs laevō flectentīs līmite cernunt
et galea Euryalum sublūstrī noctis in umbrā
prōdidit immemorem radiīsque adversa refulsit.And now they were nearing the camp and coming up under the walls, when they see these two in the distance, turning off by a path to the left, and the helmet betrayed the heedless Euryalus in the dim shadow of night, and gleamed as it caught the rays. Aen. 9.375Haud temerē est vīsum.It was not seen in vain. Aen. 9.375Conclāmat ab agmine Volcēns
Stāte, virī.Volcens shouts from the column: 'Halt, men. Aen. 9.376Quae causa viae?What is the reason for your journey? Aen. 9.376Quīve estis in armīs?Or who are you in arms?
Aen. 9.377Quōvē tenētis iter?Or where are you heading?' Aen. 9.377Nihil illī tendere contrā,
sed celerāre fugam in silvās et fīdere noctī.They offer nothing in reply, but hasten their flight into the woods and trust to the night. Aen. 9.379Obiciunt equitēs sēsē ad dīvortia nota
380hinc atque hinc omnemque abitum custōde corōnant.The horsemen place themselves at the familiar crossways on either side, and ring every exit with guards. Aen. 9.381Silva fuit lātē dūmīs atque īlice nigrā
horrida, quam dēnsī complērant undique sentēs;There was a wood, spreading wide, rough with thickets and dark holm-oak, which dense briars had filled on every side; Aen. 9.383rāra per occultōs lūcēbat sēmita callēs.here and there a path glimmered through the hidden tracks. Aen. 9.384Euryalum tenebrae rāmōrum onerōsaque praeda
385impediunt fallitque timor regiōne viārum;The darkness of the branches and the heavy plunder hamper Euryalus, and fear misleads him in the direction of the paths; Aen. 9.386Nīsus abit, iamque imprūdēns ēvāserat hostīs
atque locōs, quī post Albae dē nōmine dictī
Albānī, tum rēx stabula alta Latīnus habēbat,
ut stetit et frūstrā absentem respexit amīcum.Nisus gets away, and now, unthinking, had escaped the enemy and the place later called Alban from the name of Alba (then King Latinus kept tall stables there), when he stopped and looked back in vain for his absent friend.
Aen. 9.390Euryale īnfēlīx, quā tē regiōne relīquī?'Unhappy Euryalus, in what region have I left you? Aen. 9.391Quāvē sequar, rūrsus perplexum iter omne revolvēns
fallācis silvae?Or where shall I follow, retracing again the whole tangled path of the deceptive wood?' Aen. 9.392Simul et vestīgia retrō
observāta legit dūmīsque silentibus errat.At the same time he picks out and follows his footprints backwards and wanders among the silent thickets. Aen. 9.394Audit equōs, audit strepitūs et signa sequentum.He hears horses, hears the noise and signals of the pursuers. Aen. 9.395Nec longum in mediō tempus, cum clamor ad aurīs
pervēnit ac videt Euryalum, quem iam manus omnis
fraude locī et noctis, subitō turbante tumultū,
oppressum rapit et cōnantem plūrima frūstrā.Nor was it long before a shout reaches his ears and he sees Euryalus, whom now, betrayed by the place and the night and confused by the sudden uproar, the whole band has overpowered and is dragging away, as he struggles much in vain. Aen. 9.399Quid faciat?What is he to do? Aen. 9.399Quā vī iuvenem, quibus audeat armīs
400ēripere?With what force, with what arms is he to dare to rescue the young man?
Aen. 9.400An sēsē mediōs moritūrus in ēnsēs
īnferat et pulchram properet per volnera mortem?Or should he hurl himself to die in the midst of the swords and hasten to a glorious death through wounds? Aen. 9.402Ōcius adductō torquēns hastīle lacertō,
suspiciēns altam Lūnam sīc vōce precātur:
Tū, dea, tū praesēns nostrō succurre labōrī,
405astrōrum decus et nemorum Lātōnia custōs.Quickly drawing back his arm and poising his spear, looking up at the high Moon, he prays thus aloud: 'You, goddess, you be present and help our labour, glory of the stars and Latona's daughter, guardian of the groves. Aen. 9.406Sīqua tuīs umquam prō mē pater Hyrtacus ārīs
dōna tulit, sīqua ipse meīs vēnātibus auxī
suspendīve tholō aut sacra ad fastīgia fīxī:
hunc sine mē turbāre globum et rege tēla per aurās.If ever my father Hyrtacus brought any gifts to your altars on my behalf, if I myself have added any from my hunting, or hung them in your dome or fixed them to your sacred roof, let me throw this throng into confusion, and guide my weapons through the air.' Aen. 9.410Dīxerat, et tōtō cōnīxus corpore ferrum
conicit: hasta volāns noctis dīverberat umbrās
et venit āversī in tergum Sulmōnis ibique
frangitur ac fissō trānsit praecordia lignō.He had spoken, and straining with his whole body he hurls the steel: the flying spear lashes through the shadows of the night and strikes the back of Sulmo, who was turned away, and there it breaks, and passes through his heart with the splintered wood.
Aen. 9.414Volvitur ille vomēns calidum dē pectore flūmen
415frīgidus et longīs singultibus īlia pulsat.He rolls over, vomiting a warm stream from his breast, cold now, and his flanks heave with long gasps. Aen. 9.416Dīversī circumspiciunt.They look round in all directions. Aen. 9.416Hōc ācrior īdem
ecce aliud summā tēlum lībrābat ab aure.Look! The same man, the fiercer for this, was poising another weapon from the tip of his ear. Aen. 9.418Dum trepidant, it hasta Tagō per tempus utrumque
strīdēns trāiectōque haesit tepefacta cerebrō.While they panic, the spear goes whistling through both temples of Tagus, and stuck, warm, in the pierced brain.