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