brother; but the brother guides the steeds with the rein,

while Lucagus sweeps fiercely round his naked sword. 15

Æneas brooked not the fury of their fiery onset, but

rushed against them, and stood fronting them in his giant

bulk with threatening spear. To him cried Liger: “These

are not Diomede’s steeds you see, nor this Achilles’ chariot,

nor are these the Phrygian plains; your warfare and 20

your life shall end here on Italian ground.” So fly abroad

the random words of frantic Liger. The chief of Troy

seeks not to meet him with words, but hurls his javelin