Clonius and Ericetes, Lycaon’s son, that grovelling on the

ground by a fall from his unbridled steed, this encountered 15

foot to foot. Prancing forward came Agis of Lycia; but

Valerus, no unworthy heir of his grandsire’s prowess,

hurls him down; Thronius falls by Salius, and Salius by

Nealces, hero of the javelin and the shaft that surprises

from far. 20

And now the War-god’s heavy hand was dealing out to

each equal measures of agony and carnage; alike they

were slaying, alike falling dead, victors and vanquished