Book 5.485-499
The final contest is archery. The order of the competition is established by a drawing of lots.
Protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta
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invitat qui forte velint, et praemia ponit,
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ingentique manu malum de nave Seresti
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erigit, et volucrem traiecto in fune columbam,
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quo tendant ferrum, malo suspendit ab alto.
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Convenere viri, deiectamque aerea sortem
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accepit galea; et primus clamore secundo
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Hyrtacidae ante omnes exit locus Hippocoontis;
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quem modo navali Mnestheus certamine victor
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consequitur, viridi Mnestheus evinctus oliva.
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Tertius Eurytion, tuus, o clarissime, frater,
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Pandare, qui quondam, iussus confundere foedus,
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in medios telum torsisti primus Achivos.
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Extremus galeaque ima subsedit Acestes,
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ausus et ipse manu iuvenum temptare laborem.
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