Aen. 9.47Turnus ut ante volāns tardum praecesserat agmen
vīgintī lēctīs equitum comitātus, et urbī
imprōvīsus adest;Turnus, since he had flown on ahead of the slow column, accompanied by twenty chosen horsemen, appears unexpectedly before the city; Aen. 9.49maculīs quem Thrācius albīs
50portat equus cristāque tegit galea aurea rubrā.a Thracian horse dappled with white carries him, and a golden helmet with a red crest covers his head. Aen. 9.51Ecquis erit, mēcum, iuvenēs, quī prīmus in hostem?'Is there anyone, young men, who will be first with me against the enemy? Aen. 9.52Ēn, ait et iaculum attorquēns ēmittit in aurās,
prīncipium pugnae, et campō sēsē arduus īnfert.Look!' he says, and, whirling a javelin, he hurls it into the air, the beginning of the fight, and rides out tall over the plain. Aen. 9.54Clamōre excipiunt sociī fremitūque sequuntur
55horrisonō: Teucrum mīrantur inertia corda,
nōn aequō dare sē campō, nōn obvia ferre
arma virōs, sed castra fovēre.His comrades take up the shout and follow with a dreadful roar: they marvel at the sluggish hearts of the Teucrians, that the men do not commit themselves to a level field, do not bring their arms to meet them, but cling to their camp.
Aen. 9.57Hūc turbidus atque hūc
lūstrat equō mūrōs aditumque per āvia quaerit.Wildly, this way and that, he rides round the walls, and looks for an entrance where there is no way. Aen. 9.59Ac velutī plēnō lupus īnsidiātus ovīlī
60cum fremit ad caulās, ventōs perpessus et imbrīs,
nocte super mediā;And as a wolf, lying in wait by a full sheepfold, howls at the pens, having endured winds and rains, past midnight; Aen. 9.61tūtī sub mātribus agnī
bālātum exercent, ille asper et improbus īrā
saevit in absentīs, collēcta fatīgat ēdendī
ex longō rabiēs et siccae sanguine faucēs:
65haud aliter Rutulō mūrōs et castra tuentī
ignēscunt īrae, dūrīs dolor ossibus ārdet.the lambs, safe beneath their mothers, keep up their bleating; he, fierce and shameless in his anger, rages against those out of reach, tormented by the long-gathered madness of hunger and his jaws dry of blood: just so the anger of the Rutulian kindles as he looks at the walls and camp, and indignation burns in his hard bones. Aen. 9.67Quā temptet ratiōne aditūs et quae via clausōs
excutiat Teucrōs vallō atque effundat in aequum?By what means is he to try an approach, and what way can shake the shut-in Teucrians from their rampart and pour them out onto the plain?
Aen. 9.69Classem, quae laterī castrōrum adiūncta latēbat,
70aggeribus saeptam circum et fluviālibus undīs,
invādit sociōsque incendia poscit ovantīs
atque manum pīnū flagrantī fervidus implet.He attacks the fleet, which lay hidden alongside the camp, fenced round with earthworks and the river's waters, calls on his exultant comrades for fire, and, burning, fills his hand with a blazing pine. Aen. 9.73Tum vērō incumbunt, urget praesentia Turnī,
atque omnis facibus pūbēs accingitur ātrīs.Then indeed they set to work, the presence of Turnus spurs them on, and all the youth arm themselves with black torches. Aen. 9.75Dīripuēre focōs;They have stripped the hearths; Aen. 9.75piceum fert fūmida lūmen
taeda et commixtam Volcānus ad astra favillam.the smoking pine-brand carries a pitchy light, and Vulcan sends sparks mingled with it to the stars.