September 22, 2023

“ὦ τέκος, ἦ ῥ’ ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἐναίσιμα δῶρα διδοῦναι
ἀθανάτοις, ἐπεὶ οὔ ποτ’ ἐμὸς πάϊς, εἴ ποτ’ ἔην γε,
λήθετ’ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι θεῶν οἳ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσι·
τῶ οἱ ἀπεμνήσαντο καὶ ἐν θανάτοιό περ αἴσῃ.
ἀλλ’ ἄγε δὴ τόδε δέξαι ἐμεῦ πάρα καλὸν ἄλεισον,
αὐτόν τε ῥῦσαι, πέμψον δέ με σύν γε θεοῖσιν,
ὄφρά κεν ἐς κλισίην Πηληϊάδεω ἀφίκωμαι.”

—Homer, Iliad 24.424-430

Interea medium Aeneas iam classe tenebat
certus iter fluctusque atros Aquilone secabat
moenia respiciens, quae iam infelicis Elissae
conlucent flammis. quae tantum accenderit ignem
causa latet; duri magno sed amore dolores      
polluto, notumque furens quid femina possit,
triste per augurium Teucrorum pectora ducunt.

—Vergil, Aeneid 5.1-7