(GCSE) Nisus and Euryalus - Section 6 (Primary) Flashcards
‘Eurale infelix, qua te regione reliqui?
Unlucky Euryalus, in which place did I leave you behind?
quave sequar?’ rursus perplexum iter omne revoluens
Which path shall I follow? Thinking back again over his whole complicated journey
fallacis silvae simul et vestiga retro
through the deceptive wood, at the same time he looked back over
observata legit dumisque silentibus errat.
the tracks he saw and wandered among the silent brambles.
audit equos, audit strepitus et signa sequentum;
He heard horses, he heard noises and the signs of people following;
nec longum in medio tempum, cum clamor ad auris
it was not a long time in the course of this when a shout
pervenit ac videt Euryalum, quem iam manus omnis
reached his ears and he saw Euryalus, whom now
fraude loci et noctis, subito turbante tumultu,
overpowered, due to the treachery of the place and the night, with a din suddenly bewildered him,
oppressum rapit et conantem plurima frustra.
the whole band of men caught as he struggled more and more in vain.
quid faciat? qua vi iuvenem, quibus audeat armis
What should he do? With what force, with what weapons should he dare
eripere? an sese medios moriturus in enses
to snatch the young man away? Should he hurl himself forward among the swords to certain death
inferat et pulchram properet per vulnera mortem?
and hasten a noble death through his wounds?
