the Trojans, poor remnants of Danaan[18] havoc and 10

Achilles’[19] ruthless spear, she was tossing from sea to sea,

and keeping far away from Latium; and for many long

years they were wandering, with destiny still driving

them, the whole ocean round. So vast the effort it cost

to build up the Roman nation! 15

Scarce out of sight of the land of Sicily were they spreading

their sails merrily to the deep, and scattering with

their brazen prows the briny spray, when Juno, the everlasting

wound still rankling in her heart’s core, thus communed