Hesperia the Greeks have named it, ancient, rich
In heroes, and of fertile soil. Œnotrians
Once held the land; but now, as rumor goes, their sons
In honor of their mighty leader have the place
Italia called. To this our seaward course was bent:
When suddenly, upstarting from the deep, all charged
With tempests, did Orion on the shallows drive
Our vessels, with the aid of boisterous winds and waves,
Through boiling, overtopping floods and trackless reefs,
And put us utterly to rout. To these thy shores