lines 758-767 Flashcards
ducis exemplum eventumque secuti Maeonidae incurrunt.
Having followed the example and the success of their leader the Etruscans attacked.
tum fatis debitus Arruns velocem iaculo et multa prior arte Camillam circuit, et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat.
Then Arruns who was owed to the fates, keeping in front of her, circled round swift Camilla with his javelin and with much skill and tried [to find] what was the easiest opportunity
qua se cumque furens medio tulit agmine virgo,
Wherever the maiden in the midst of the host went in her madness
hac Arruns subit et tacitus vestigia lustrat;
Arruns secretly approached [her] there and silently watched her footsteps.
qua victrix redit illa pedemque ex hoste reportat,
wherever that victorious girl returned and retired from the enemy
hac iuvenis furtim celeris detorquet habenas.
the youth stealthily turned around the swift reins this way.
hos aditus iamque hos aditus omnemque pererrat undique circuitum et certam quatit improbus hastam.
He wandered over these ways of approach, and the whole circuit all around, and shamelessly shook his unerring spear.