daring, Allecto is putting her infernal wings in motion

against the Teucrians. A new device working in her 10

mind, she fixed her eye on the spot where on the winding

coast Iulus was hunting game with the snare and the

course. Hereon the maiden of Cocytus suddenly presents

to the hounds a maddening lure, and touches their nostrils

with the scent they know so well, making them chase a 15

stag in full cry; which was the first origin of the trouble,

and put the spark of war to the spirit of the countryside.

There was a stag of beauteous form and lofty horns,