tum Meropem atque Erymanta manu, tum sternit Aphidnum, tum Bitian ardentem oculis animisque frementem, non iaculo (neque enim iaculo vitam ille dedisset), sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit fulminis acta modo, quam nec duo taurea terga nec duplici squama lorica fidelis et auro sustinuit;
Then Meropes and Erymas, then Aphidnus his hand lays low; then Bitias falls, fire in his eyes and rage in his heart, not under a javelin'for to a javelin he would not have given his life'but with a mighty hiss a whirled pike sped, driven like a thunderbolt. Not two bulls hides nor the trusty corslet with double scales of gold could withstand it.