god of the country and the cattle, a grove with a 35
holiday—the people who once in early times dwelt on
the Latian frontier. Not far from this Tarchon and the
Tyrrhenians were encamped in a sheltered place, and from
the height of the hill their whole army spread already to
the view, as they pitched at large over the plain. Hither
come father Æneas and the chosen company of warriors,
and refresh the weariness of themselves and their steeds.
But Venus had come in her divine beauty through the 5
dark clouds of heaven with the gifts in her hand, and soon