فيرجيل, The Aeneid, Book 9, Stanza LXXV – "His lance laid by, thrice whirling round his head /
The whistling thong, Mezentius took his aim. /
Clean through his temples hissed the molten lead, /
And prostrate in the dust, the gallant youth lay dead." نسخة محفوظة 03 مارس 2016 على موقع واي باك مشين.
فيرجيل, The Aeneid, Book 9, Stanza LXXV – "His lance laid by, thrice whirling round his head /
The whistling thong, Mezentius took his aim. /
Clean through his temples hissed the molten lead, /
And prostrate in the dust, the gallant youth lay dead." نسخة محفوظة 03 مارس 2016 على موقع واي باك مشين.