wheels the car aside. What can he do? he tosses in aimless
ebb and flow, thoughts distracting his mind this 15
way and that:—when lo! Messapus, with sudden movement,
happening to carry two limber spear-shafts tipped
with steel, levels one at him and flings it true to its mark.
Æneas stopped and gathered his arms about him, sinking
on his knee; yet the fierce spear took the top of the 20
helmet and struck the crest from the cone. Then at last
his wrath mounts high; and under the duresse of treachery,
as he sees the steeds and chariot whirling away from him,