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Notes Display Latin text | translated by Theodore C. Williams Book V Chapter 15: One participant in the wrestling game? | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
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The foot-race over and the gifts disbursed, Come forth! he cries, if any in his heart have strength and valor, let him now pull on the gauntlets and uplift his thong-bound arms in challenge. For the reward of this fight a two-fold gift he showed: the victor's meed, a bullock decked and gilded; but a sword and glittering helmet to console the fallen. Straightway, in all his pride of giant strength, Dares loomed up, and wondering murmurs ran along the gazing crowd; for he alone was wont to match with Paris, he it was met Butes, the huge-bodied champion boasting the name and race of Amycus, Bithynian born; him felled he at a blow, and stretched him dying on the tawny sand. Such Dares was, who now held high his head, fierce for the fray, bared both his shoulders broad, lunged out with left and right, and beat the air. Who shall his rival be? Of all the throng not one puts on the gauntlets, or would face the hero's challenge. Therefore, striding forth, believing none now dare but yield the palm, he stood before Aeneas, and straightway seized with his left hand the bull's golden horn, and cried, O goddess-born, if no man dares to risk him in this fight, how long delay? how long beseems it I should stand and wait? Bid me bear off my prize. The Trojans all murmured assent, and bade the due award of promised gift. |
362-386 Post, ubi confecti cursus et dona peregit, 'nunc, si cui uirtus animusque in pectore praesens, adsit et euinctis attollat bracchia palmis': sic ait, et geminum pugnae proponit honorem, uictori uelatum auro uittisque iuuencum, ensem atque insignem galeam solacia uicto. nec mora; continuo uastis cum uiribus effert ora Dares magnoque uirum se murmure tollit, solus qui Paridem solitus contendere contra, idemque ad tumulum quo maximus occubat Hector uictorem Buten immani corpore, qui se Bebrycia ueniens Amyci de gente ferebat, perculit et fulua moribundum extendit harena. talis prima Dares caput altum in proelia tollit, ostenditque umeros latos alternaque iactat bracchia protendens et uerberat ictibus auras. quaeritur huic alius; nec quisquam ex agmine tanto audet adire uirum manibusque inducere caestus. ergo alacris cunctosque putans excedere palma Aeneae stetit ante pedes, nec plura moratus tum laeua taurum cornu tenet atque ita fatur: 'nate dea, si nemo audet se credere pugnae, quae finis standi? quo me decet usque teneri? ducere dona iube.' cuncti simul ore fremebant Dardanidae reddique uiro promissa iubebant. |