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Nisus receives compensation for his bad luck, and Euryalus gets the winner's prize.
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Nisus and Euryalus are a pair of friends serving under Aeneas in the Aeneid, the Augustan epic by Vergil.
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Nisus was King of Megara, and he was invincible as long as a lock of crimson hair still existed, hidden in his white hair.
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Nisus is the elder, more experienced man.
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Nisus, however, slips in the blood from the cattle sacrificed during the religious rituals that preceded the race.
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Nisus and Euryalus's killing spree through the camp of the Rutuli is one of Vergil's most brutal descriptions of combat.
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Nisus died and Megara fell to Crete.
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Nisus and Euryalus are among the refugees who in the aftermath of the Trojan War flee under the leadership of Aeneas, the highest-ranking Trojan to survive.
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Nisus shows himself willing to sacrifice his own honor in order to help Euryalus, but the gesture demonstrates not only his loyalty but a willingness to cheat.
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- Striving: an effortful attempt to attain a goal
