Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . earts of the Greeks. This river is the Tiber, and on itsbanks /Eneas lands. He and the other chiefs of the wandering band pitch their tentsunder the shadow of the oaks at the forests edge, and prepare their meal. But the foodis scant; and at length they are impelled to eat up the flat loaves which have served them 222 ITALY. for table and platter. But in this very circumstance ^Eneas sees the fulfilment of a pro-phecy of his father, Anchises, which has hitherto appeared incredible to him : When, oh my son, in a strange and foreign country Hunger shall force
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . earts of the Greeks. This river is the Tiber, and on itsbanks /Eneas lands. He and the other chiefs of the wandering band pitch their tentsunder the shadow of the oaks at the forests edge, and prepare their meal. But the foodis scant; and at length they are impelled to eat up the flat loaves which have served them 222 ITALY. for table and platter. But in this very circumstance ^Eneas sees the fulfilment of a pro-phecy of his father, Anchises, which has hitherto appeared incredible to him : When, oh my son, in a strange and foreign country Hunger shall force thee to eat the board as well as the viands, Then, after weary toil, expect thou to found a dwelling. Draw the lines with thine hand, and plan out, thyself, the entrenchments. /Eneas blesses his true Trojan Penates, and sends a hundred youths, their brows boundwith the olive branch of Minerva, to the royal dwelling of Latinus to beg leave to makea permanent settlement in his land. But in the night a new prophecy is revealed to SANTA CROCE IN GERUSALEMME, AND NEROS AQUEDUCT. He has fallen asleep, troubled with many cares, lulled by the murmur of the stream. Thewaters part, and between the poplar trees that line the river banks uprises the god, andcomforts him with a promise ; Take this as a token : where thou shalt find the wild sowof the woods, lying beneath an oak with her thirty young ones, there, in that spot, be theplace of thy settlement. Next morning brings the fulfilment of the token, but it bringsalso the disturbing tidings that Turnus, the mighty Turnus, the bridegroom chosen for herchild by Lavinias mother, learned in magic lore, is in arms against y^neas and his com-panions. In his anxiety /Eneas seeks for allies. Travelling along the banks of the riverabout mid-day, he espies under the flaming sunshine, seven wooded hills, and on thesummit of one of them a castle with towers and turrets. The houses round about arepoor and humble. Here reigns Evander, who recei
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