His forehead was the first that struck the ground;
Life-blood and life rushed mingled through the wound.
}
{ He slew three brothers of the Borean race,
{ And three, whom Ismarus, their native place,
{ Had sent to war, but all the sons of Thrace.
Halesus, next, the bold Aurunci leads:
The son of Neptune to his aid succeeds,
Conspicuous on his horse. On either hand,
These fight to keep, and those to win, the land.