amity should first clash in such dread turmoil? Æneas
confronted by Rutulian Sucro[o] (that combat first brought 35
the Trojan onset to a stand) after brief delay catches him
on the side and drives his stubborn sword death’s nearest
way through the ribs that fence the bosom. Turnus in
foot-encounter slays Amycus, whose horse had thrown
him, and his brother Diores, striking one with the spear
ere he came up, the other with the swordblade, lops the
heads of both, hangs them from his car, and carries them
dripping with blood. That sends down Talos to death 5