[428] Fraus of crime, like “fraudem capitalem admittere” Cic. Pro Rabir. 9. “Nulla nec—nec” E. 5. 25. Nisus seems to mean that Euryalus had neither the courage nor the strength to do the Rutulians any harm, doubtless thinking not of the two deaths just inflicted, in which it was manifest Euryalus could have had no share, but of the slaughter in the camp as yet unknown to them. Appealing to their pity for his friend's youth and innocence, he is at no pains to guard his reputation for courage.
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