chance we are standing—not in truth I deem without the

providence, the beckoning hand of Heaven—at the very 35

grave, the buried ashes of my sire, driven as we are into

this friendly haven. Come, then, solemnize we all the

glad celebration; pray we for winds, and may He be

pleased that I should offer these rites yearly in a city of

my own building, in a temple dedicated to himself. Two

heads of oxen Acestes, like a true son of Troy, gives you

for each ship; call to the feasts the gods of the hearth,

both those of our fathers and those worshipped by Acestes 5