The Aeneid of Virgil (Bantam Classics) by Virgil

The Aeneid of Virgil (Bantam Classics) by Virgil

Author:Virgil [Virgil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2003-07-29T04:00:00+00:00


And while along Aeolian coasts the lord

of Lemnos speeds this work, the gracious light

and morning songs of birds beneath his roof

awake Evander in his humble home. 595

The old man rises, wraps a tunic on,

and winds Tyrrhenian sandals on his feet;

with Tegean sword he girds his side and shoulders;

a panther’s hide hangs loosely from his left.

A pair of watchdogs, too, accompany 600

their master as he makes his way, moving

across his high threshold. For he was seeking

the quiet quarters of his guest, Aeneas,

remembering the help he had promised him.

Aeneas, too, awoke this early. Pallas 605

walked on with one; the other had Achates.

They meet, clasp hands, and then sit down between

the houses, in the open air; at last

they can talk freely. And the king begins:



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