Book IX
Turnus attacks the Trojan camp while Aeneas is away. Young Nisus and Euryalus attempt a night raid but are killed. The Trojans defend their fortifications.
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- 01Turnus Attacks the Trojan Camp
While Aeneas is away seeking allies, Juno sends Iris to urge Turnus to attack; he besieges the Trojan camp and attempts to burn the fleet, which is miraculously transformed into sea-nymphs.
- 02Nisus and Euryalus Volunteer for the Night Mission
Two young Trojan warriors, the devoted friends Nisus and Euryalus, volunteer to slip through enemy lines to recall Aeneas; their farewell before the council is rich with heroic pathos.
- 03The Night Raid and the Death of Nisus and Euryalus
The two friends slaughter sleeping Latin warriors until a gleaming helmet betrays Euryalus; Nisus returns to die beside his friend in a doomed act of love, and the poet immortalizes them.