parent-god. And now I remember, though years have

dulled the freshness of the tale, that aged Auruncans used

to tell how in this land Dardanus saw the light, and hence 5

he won his way to the towns of Phrygian Ida and Thracian

Samos, which men now call Samothrace. Ay, it was from

the house of Tuscan Corythus he went, and now the golden

palace of starry heaven seats him on a throne, and among

the altars of the gods makes room for him.” 10

He ended; and Ilioneus followed thus: “Great king,

illustrious son of Faunus, no stress of gloomy storm has