absistunt procul attonitique fatentur cedere; vix unus Phlegyas acerque Menestheus (hos etiam pudor et magni tenuere parentes) promisere manum; concessit cetera pubes sponte et adorato rediit ingloria disco.
They stand away awestruck and confess themselves outmatched. Only Phlegyas and keen Menestheus'shame and great parentage kept them still  in the contest'reluctantly promised their hands. The rest of the young men willingly gave in and returned inglorious, making obeisance to the disk;
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