Aen. 9.778Tandem ductōrēs audītā caede suōrum
conveniunt Teucrī, Mnēstheus ācerque Serestus,
780pālantīsque vident sociōs hostemque receptum.At last, hearing of the slaughter of their men, the Teucrian leaders gather, Mnestheus and fierce Serestus, and see their comrades scattered and the enemy let in. Aen. 9.781Et Mnēstheus: Quō deinde fugam, quō tenditis?And Mnestheus: 'Where next, where are you turning your flight?' Aen. 9.781inquit.he says. Aen. 9.782Quōs aliōs mūrōs, quae iam ultrā moenia habētis?'What other walls, what further ramparts do you now have? Aen. 9.783Ūnus homō et vestrīs, ō cīvēs, undique saeptus
aggeribus tantās strāgēs inpūne per urbem
785ēdiderit, iuvenum prīmōs tot mīserit Orcō?Shall one man, and he hemmed in on all sides by your ramparts, citizens, have wrought such slaughter through the city unpunished, and sent so many of our foremost young men to Orcus? Aen. 9.786Nōn īnfēlīcis patriae veterumque deōrum
et magnī Aenēae, segnēs, miseretque pudetque?Do you feel no pity and no shame, you cowards, for your unhappy country, for your ancient gods and great Aeneas?' Aen. 9.788Tālibus accēnsī firmantur et agmine dēnsō
cōnsistunt.Fired by such words, they are strengthened and take a stand in a dense column.
Aen. 9.789Turnus paulātim excēdere pugnā
790et fluvium petere ac partem, quae cingitur undā;Turnus little by little withdraws from the fight and makes for the river and the part which is bounded by the water; Aen. 9.791ācrius hōc Teucrī clamōre incumbere magnō
et glomerāre manum.all the more fiercely do the Teucrians press on with a great shout and mass their band. Aen. 9.792Ceu saevum turba leōnem
cum tēlīs premit īnfēnsīs, at territus ille,
asper, acerba tuēns, retrō redit, et neque terga
795īra dare aut virtūs patitur, nec tendere contrā
ille quidem hoc cupiēns potis est per tēla virōsque:
haud aliter retrō dubius vestīgia Turnus
improperāta refert, et mēns exaestuat īra.As when a crowd presses on a savage lion with hostile weapons, but he, frightened, fierce, glaring grimly, gives ground, and neither his anger nor his courage lets him turn his back, nor, much as he desires it, can he make headway against them through weapons and men: just so Turnus, uncertain, retraces his steps without haste, and his mind seethes with anger. Aen. 9.799Quīn etiam bis tum mediōs invāserat hostīs,
800bis cōnfūsa fugā per mūrōs agmina vertit;Indeed, twice even then he had charged into the midst of the enemy, twice he turns their columns in confused flight along the walls; Aen. 9.801sed manus ē castrīs properē coit omnis in ūnum,
nec contrā vīrēs audet Sāturnia Iūnō
sufficere, āëriam caelō nam Iuppiter Īrim
dēmīsit germānae haud mollia iussa ferentem,
805nī Turnus cēdat Teucrōrum moenibus altīs.but the whole force from the camp quickly gathers into one, nor does Juno, Saturn's daughter, dare to supply him strength against them, for Jupiter sent airy Iris down from the sky, bearing no gentle commands to his sister, if Turnus does not withdraw from the high walls of the Teucrians.
Aen. 9.806Ergō nec clipeō iuvenis subsistere tantum
nec dextra valet: iniectīs sīc undique tēlīs
obruitur.So the young man can hold his ground neither with shield nor with right hand as well as before: he is overwhelmed by weapons thrown from every side. Aen. 9.808Strepit adsiduō cava tempora circum
tinnītū galea, et saxīs solida aera fatīscunt,
810discussaeque iubae capitī, nec sufficit umbō
ictibus: ingeminant hastīs et Trōēs et ipse
fulmineus Mnēstheus.Round his hollow temples his helmet rings with ceaseless clanging, the solid bronze gives way under stones, the plumes are torn from his head, nor is the boss of his shield enough for the blows: the Trojans redouble their thrusts with spears, and lightning Mnestheus himself. Aen. 9.812Tum tōtō corpore sūdor
līquitur et piceum, nec respīrāre potestās,
flūmen agit;Then sweat runs over his whole body and flows in a pitchy stream, and he has no power to breathe; Aen. 9.814fessōs quatit aeger anhēlitus artūs.a sick panting shakes his weary limbs. Aen. 9.815Tum dēmum praeceps saltū sēsē omnibus armīs
in fluvium dedit: ille suō cum gurgite flāvō
accēpit venientem ac mollibus extulit undīs
et laetum sociīs ablūtā caede remīsit.Then at last, headlong, with a leap he threw himself in full armour into the river: it received him in its yellow eddy as he came, bore him up on gentle waves, and, the slaughter washed away, returned him rejoicing to his comrades.