P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 10.702–713

Mezentius cuts down Evanthes and Mimas, a companion of Paris born the same night; the poet then compares Mezentius to a fierce wild boar driven from the mountains by hounds, before whom no hunter dares stand close.

 

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Mezentius etiam Evanthen Phrygium interfecit, et Mezentius Mimantam, amicum Paridis, Mimantam quem Theano in lucem patri Amyco dedit et in eadem nocte regina Hecuba, filia Cissei, praegnans igne matrimoniale, Parin creat: Paris occubat urbe paterna, sed Laurens ora habet ignotum Mimanta.

Et velut ille aper, quem pinifer Vesulus multos annos defendit et Laurentia palus multos annos defendit, aper, pastus silva harundinea, actus morsu canum de montibus altis, constitit captus in retibus et aper ferox fremuit horruitque umeros,

nemo tam fortis est ut aprum ira petere aut aprum proprius accedere velit, sed procul ab apro telis tutisque clamantibus petunt;

Written by Robert Amstutz

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