History of Rome [3 Bd.e]. Early History to the Burning of Rome by the Gauls / From the Gaulish Invasion to the End of the first Punic War / From the End of the First to the End of the Second Punic War.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - altersgem�sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - Vorbesitz / Previously owned by Ernst A. Ebbinghaus - CHAPTER I. -- EARLY LEGENDS OF ROME -- THE LEGEND OF AENEAS -- When the fatal horse was going to he brought within the walls of Troy, and when Laocoon had been devoured by the two serpents sent by the gods to punish him because he had tried to save his country against the will of fate, then Aeneas and his father Anchises, with their wives, and many who followed their fortune, fled from the coming of the evil day. But they remembered to carry their gods with them, who were to receive their worship in a happier land. They were guided in their flight from ' the city, by the god Hermes, and he built for them a ship to carry them over the sea. When they put to sea, the star of Venus, the mother of Aeneas, stood over their heads, and it shone by day as well as by night, till they came to the shores of the land of the west. But when they landed, the star vanished and was seen no more; and by this sign Aeneas knew that he was come to that country wherein fate had appointed him to dwell. -- The Trojans, when they had brought their gods on shore, began to sacrifice. But the victim, a milk-white sow just ready to farrow, broke from the priest and his ministers, and fled away. Aeneas followed her; for an oracle had told him, that a fourfooted beast should guide him to the spot where he was to build his city. So the sow went forwards till she came to a certain hill, about two miles and a half from the shore where they had purposed to sacrifice, and there she laid down and farrowed, and her litter was of thirty young ones. But when Aeneas saw that the place was sandy and barren, he doubted what he should do. Just at this time he heard a voice which said, The thirty young of the sow are thirty years; when thirty years are passed, thy children shall remove to a better land; meantime do thou obey the gods, and build thy city in the place where they bid thee to build.�