Aen. 9.672Pandarus et Bitiās, Īdaeō Alcānore crētī,
quōs Iovis ēdūxit lūcō silvestris Iaera
abietibus iuvenēs patriīs et montibus aequōs,
675portam, quae ducis imperiō commissa, reclūdunt,
frētī animīs, ultrōque invītant moenibus hostem.Pandarus and Bitias, sprung from Idaean Alcanor, whom Iaera of the woods reared in the grove of Jupiter, young men as tall as their native firs and mountains, open the gate which had been entrusted to them by their leader's command, relying on their courage, and of their own accord invite the enemy within the walls. Aen. 9.677Ipsī intus dextrā ac laevā prō turribus adstant,
armātī ferrō et cristīs capita alta coruscī:
quālēs āëriae liquentia flūmina circum,
680sīve Padī rīpīs Athesim seu propter amoenum,
cōnsurgunt geminae quercūs intōnsaque caelō
attollunt capita et sublīmī vertice nūtant.They themselves stand inside, right and left, before the towers, armed with steel, their lofty heads gleaming with crests: as round the flowing rivers, whether on the banks of the Po or by the pleasant Athesis, twin oaks rise in the air, lift their unshorn heads to the sky and nod with their lofty tops.
Aen. 9.683inrumpunt aditūs Rutulī ut vīdēre patentīs
continuō Quercēns et pulcher Aquiculus armīs
685et praeceps animī Tmarus et Māvortius Haemōn
agminibus tōtīs: at versī terga dedēre
aut ipsō portae posuēre in līmine vītam.The Rutulians burst into the entrance as soon as they saw it open: at once Quercens and Aquiculus, handsome in his armour, and Tmarus, headlong in spirit, and Haemon, son of Mars, with all their columns either turned and fled or laid down their lives on the very threshold of the gate. Aen. 9.688Tum magis incrēscunt animīs discordibus īrae;Then the anger grows greater in their warring hearts; Aen. 9.689et iam collēctī Trōēs glomerantur eōdem
690et cōnferre manum et prōcurrere longius audent.and now the Trojans, gathered together, mass in the same place, and dare to fight hand to hand and to run out further.