The Aeneid by Vergil & Virgil

Author:Vergil & Virgil [Vergil & Virgil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2021-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

BOOK 9

NISUS AND EURYALUS

While these events unfolded far away, Juno,

Saturn’s daughter, sent Iris from the sky to find

bold Turnus. By chance he was sitting in a sacred

valley, in his ancestor Pilumnus’ woods.

Iris, child of Thaumas, spoke to him from rosy

lips: “Turnus, time’s orbit brings you freely what

no god would dare to promise. Aeneas leaves

his camp, his fleet and troops, making for

Evander’s palace on the Palatine,

10 then farther still, all the way to distant towns

in Corythus, to arm a band of Lydian farmers.

Don’t wait: now’s the time to call for horse and

chariot. Surprise their camp and storm it.”

With this, she rose into the sky on level wings,

drawing a huge arc beneath the clouds.

Turnus knew her. He stretched up his hands,

following her flight with words: “Iris, heaven’s

glory, who sent you to me from the clouds?

There’s a sudden glimmer in the air, the sky

20 divides to show the circling constellations.

I’ll follow this great omen, no matter who

calls me to war.” He approached the stream

and drank from its clear surface, then begged the gods

at length, his prayers piling in the sky.

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