praeceps ille ruit; nato non depulit ictus Iuppiter, Aesoniae vulnus fatale sed hastae per clipeum, per pectus abit, lapsoque cruentus advolat Aesonides mortemque cadentis acerbat.
headlong falls Monesus, but from his son Jupiter turned not aside the blow, but the fatal stroke of the Aesonian spear passes through both shield and heart, while murderous Aesonides dashes up to him where he lies and embitters the fallen warriors death.
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