1Titus, having viewed the wealth, the gifts of kings and the other things which the Greeks, a race fond of antiquities, attach to an uncertain past, first consulted about his voyage. 1When he learned that the way was open and the sea favourable, he asks about himself in veiled terms, after many victims had been slaughtered. 1Sostratus (that was the priest's name), when he sees that the entrails are favourable and consistent, and that the goddess assents to great undertakings, gives a few customary answers for the present, then, asking for a private meeting, reveals the future. 1Titus, his spirits raised, sailed on to his father, and as the minds of the provinces and armies were in suspense, his arrival added immense confidence to their affairs.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.4
Titus consults the oracle
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Tacitus, Historiae II. Latin text: C. D. Fisher, Cornelii Taciti Historiarum Libri (Oxford, 1911), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.