hostes crebri cadunt, nostri contra ingruont vi[11] feroces. sed[12] fugam in se tamen nemo convortitur nec recedit loco quin statim rem gerat; animam omittunt prius quam loco demigrent:  240 quisque ut steterat iacet optinetque ordinem.

At last, as we wished, our host prevails:  the foemen fall in heaps:  on and on we press, fired by our might.  Yet for all that, none turns in flight nor yields an inch, but stands his ground and hews away.  They lose their lives sooner than quit their post.  As each had stood, so he lies, and keeps the line unbroken.

hoc ubi Amphitruo erus conspicatust, ilico equites iubet dextera inducere. equites parent citi:  ab dextera maximo cum clamore involant impetu alacri, foedant et proterunt hostium copias iure iniustas.

When my lord Amphitryon noted this, he straightway ordered that the cavalry on our right be led to the charge.  Swift they obey, and with terrific yells swooping down from the right in mad career they mangle and trample underfoot the forces of our foes and right our wrongs. (wipes his brow and meditates)

Mer.

  Numquam etiam quicquam adhuc verborum est prolocutus perperam: 
  namque ego fui illi in re praesenti et meus, cum pugnatum est, pater.

      (aside) Not a single, solitary word of fiction has he
      uttered yet:  for I was there myself while the battle was
      actually going on, and my father too.

Sos.

Perduelles penetrant se in fugam; ibi nostris animus additust:  250 vortentibus Telobois telis complebantur corpora, ipsusque Amphitruo regem Pterelam sua obtruncavit manu. haec illic est pugnata pugna usque a mani ad vesperum—­ hoc adeo hoc commemini magis, quia illo die inpransus fui—­ sed proelium id tandem diremit nox interventu suo.

(gathering himself together) Their warriors take to flight; at this new courage animates our men.  When the Teloboians turn their backs we stick them full of spears, and Amphitryon himself cut down King Pterelas with his own hand.  This fight was fought out all through the day there from morn till eve. (reflectively) I remember this point more distinctly because that noon I went without my lunch.  But darkness at last intervened and terminated the engagement.

postridie in castra ex urbe ad nos veniunt flentes principes:  velatis manibus orant ignoscamus peccatum suom, deduntque se, divina humanaque omnia, urbem et liberos indicionem atque in arbitratum cuncti Thebano poplo. post ob virtutem ero Amphitruoni patera donata aurea est, 260 qui Pterela potitare solitus est rex. haec sic dicam erae nunc pergam eri imperium exequi et me domum capessere.

The following day their foremost men come tearfully from the city to our camp, their hands veiled in suppliant wise, and entreat