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Having slipped away
elapsus
from Pyrrhus' slaughter, Polites,
Pyrrhi de caede Polites,
one of Priam's children,
unus natorum Priami,
through spears, through enemies,
per tela, per hostis
flees along the long corridors
porticibus longis fugit
and wanders the empty halls,
et vacua atria lustrat
wounded.
saucius
Burning with a desire to wound him,
illum ardens infesto vulnere
Pyrrhus pursues him closely,
Pyrrhus insequitur,
and now, now he grabs him
iam iamque tenet
with his hand,
manu
and presses with his spear.
et premit hasta.
When at last [Polites] has lost [him],
ut tandem evasit
in front of the eyes
ante oculos
and faces of his parents,
et ora parentum,
he falls,
concidit
and pours out his life,
ac vitam fudit
with much blood.
multo cum sanguine.
Here Priam,
hic Priamus,
although he is already
quamquam iam tenetur
on the [very] point of death,
in media morte,
didn't give up though,
non tamen abstinuit
and didn't hold back his voice
nec voci pepercit:
and his anger:
iraeque
"For your crime," he screams,
"(at) pro scelere," exclamat,
"for having dared [to do] such things,
pro talibus ausis
if there is any respect in heaven
si qua est caelo pietas
which cares for such things,
quae talia curet
may the gods
di
pay you back
tibi persolvant
worthy thanks
grates dignas
and may they repay you
et reddant
the rewards you are owed,
praemia debita,
you who made me look at
qui me cernere fecisti
the death of my son
nati letum
right in front of me
coram [me]
and have polluted a father's sight
et patrios foedasti vultus
with death.
funere.
That [famous] Achilles,
(at) ille Achilles
from whom you falsely say
quo te mentiris
that you are descended,
satum
was not like this
non talis fuit
in [the case of his] enemy, Priam;
in hoste Priamo
but he respected the laws
sed iura erubuit
and faith of a suppliant,
fidemque supplicis
and he returned
-que reddidit
Hector's lifeless body
Hectoreum corpus exsangue
for burial,
sepulcro
And sent me back
meque remisit
to my kingdom [safely]."
in mea regna