The Aeneid, Book 9: samenvatting

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1. At Juno’s prompting, Turnus attacks the camp, but Cybele transforms the threatened Trojan ships into sea nymphs.
2. Nisus and Euryalus volunteer to reach Aeneas, receive promises of rewards, and leave the camp at night.
3. They slaughter sleeping enemies, but Euryalus’s stolen helmet reveals them to cavalry, and both friends die during Nisus’s rescue attempt.
4. The attackers display their heads, Euryalus’s mother mourns, and the assault resumes; Ascanius kills Numanus before Apollo restrains him.
5. Pandarus and Bitias open a gate against orders; Turnus kills Bitias and becomes trapped inside when Pandarus shuts it.
6. Turnus kills Pandarus and many defenders, but Mnestheus rallies the Trojans and drives him into the Tiber, which carries him safely away.

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Nisus recognizes that killing enemies can endanger their mission. His warning marks the tension between reaching Aeneas and seeking victory or spoils along the way.

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