Aeneid

Virgil

Vergil. The Aeneid of Virgil. Williams, Theodore, C, translator. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910.

  1. He said: and from the lofty throne uprose.
  2. Straightway he roused anew the slumbering fire
  3. sacred to Hercules, and glad at heart
  4. adored, as yesterday, the household gods
  5. revered by good Evander, at whose side
  6. the Trojan company made sacrifice
  7. of chosen lambs, with fitting rites and true.
  8. Then to his ships he tried him, and rejoined
  9. his trusty followers, of whom he took
  10. the best for valor known, to lend him aid
  11. in deeds of war. Others he bade return
  12. down stream in easy course, and tidings bear
  13. to young Ascanius of the new event,
  14. and of his father. Horses then were brought
  15. for all the Teucrians to Etruria bound;
  16. and for Aeneas one of rarest breed,
  17. o'er whom a tawny robe descended low,
  18. of lion-skin, with claws of gleaming gold.