short and irretrievable is the span of all men; but to propagate
glory by great deeds, this is what worth can do.
Think of those many sons of gods who fell beneath Troy’s 10
lofty walls: among whom died even Sarpedon, my own
offspring. For Turnus, too, the call of his destiny has
gone forth, and he has reached the term of his allotted
days.” So he speaks, and turns away his eyes from the
Rutulian plain. 15
But Pallas with a mighty effort sends forth his spear,
and plucks from the hollow scabbard his flashing sword.