at Danaum proceres Agamemnoniaeque phalanges, ut videre virum fulgentiaque arma per umbras, ingenti trepidare metu: pars vertere terga, ceu quondam petiere rates; pars tollere vocem exiguam, inceptus clamor frustratur hiantis.
But the Danaan princes and Agamemnons battalions, soon as they saw the man and his arms flashing amid the gloom, trembled with mighty fear; some turn to flee, as of old they sought the ships; some raise a shout'faintly; the cry essayed mocks their gaping mouths.