Troy; nor does Æneas’ sovran judgment reject the omen.

He clasps the glad Acestes to his heart, loads him with 25

costly gifts, and bespeaks him thus:—“Take them, my

father; for Olympus’ mighty monarch has said by the

voice of these omens that yours is to be a prize drawn without

a lot. From Anchises the aged himself comes the

present I now bestow—a bowl embossed with figures, 30

which in old days Cisseus[o] gave to my sire Anchises in

royal bounty, a standing remembrance of himself and a

testimony of his love.” So saying, he crowns his brow