Aen. 3.90Vix ea fātus eram: tremere omnia vīsa repente,
līminaque laurusque deī, tōtusque movērī
mōns circum, et mūgīre adytīs cortīna reclūsīs.I had scarcely spoken: suddenly everything seemed to tremble, the threshold and the god's laurel, and the whole mountain around to shake, and the tripod to bellow as the shrine was thrown open. Aen. 3.93Submissī petimus terram, et vōx fertur ad aurīs:
Dardanidae dūrī, quae vōs ā stirpe parentum
95prīma tulit tellūs, eadem vōs ūbere laetō
accipiet reducēs.We fall low to the ground, and a voice comes to our ears: 'Hardy sons of Dardanus, the land that first bore you from your parents' stock will welcome you back to its fruitful bosom. Aen. 3.96Antīquam exquīrite mātrem:
hīc domus Aenēae cūnctīs dominābitur ōrīs,
et nātī nātōrum, et quī nāscentur ab illīs.Seek out your ancient mother: there the house of Aeneas will rule over all shores, and his children's children, and those who will be born of them.' Aen. 3.99Haec Phoebus;So Phoebus spoke; Aen. 3.99mīxtōque ingēns exorta tumultū
100laetitia, et cūnctī quae sint ea moenia quaerunt,
quō Phoebus vocet errantīs iubeatque revertī?and great joy arose amid mingled uproar, and all ask what those walls are, where Phoebus is calling us wanderers and bidding us return.
Aen. 3.102Tum genitor, veterum volvēns monumenta virōrum,
Audīte, Ō procerēs ait et spēs discite vestrās:
Crēta Iovis magnī mediō iacet īnsula pontō;Then my father, turning over the records of men of old, says, 'Listen, chieftains, and learn your hopes: Crete, the island of great Jupiter, lies in mid-sea; Aen. 3.105mōns Īdaeus ubi, et gentis cūnābula nostrae.there is Mount Ida, and the cradle of our race. Aen. 3.106Centum urbēs habitant magnās, ūberrima regna;Its people dwell in a hundred great cities, most fertile realms; Aen. 3.107maximus unde pater, sī rīte audīta recordor,
Teucrus Rhoetēās prīmum est advectus in ōrās,
optāvitque locum regnō.from there our greatest forefather, Teucrus, if I rightly recall what I have heard, first sailed to the Rhoetean shores and chose a site for his kingdom. Aen. 3.109Nōndum Īlium et arcēs
110Pergameae steterant;Not yet had Ilium and the towers of Pergamum been built; Aen. 3.110habitābant vallibus īmīs.they lived in the depths of the valleys. Aen. 3.111hinc māter cultrīx Cybelī Corybantiaque aera
Īdaeumque nemus;From here came the Mother who dwells on Cybelus, and the Corybants' bronze cymbals, and the Idaean grove; Aen. 3.112hinc fīda silentia sacrīs,
et iūnctī currum dominae subiēre leōnēs.from here the faithful silence of her rites, and the yoked lions that drew their mistress's chariot.
Aen. 3.114Ergō agite, et, dīvom dūcunt quā iussa, sequāmur;So come, and let us follow where the gods' commands lead; Aen. 3.115plācēmus ventōs et Gnōsia regna petāmus.let us appease the winds and make for the realms of Cnossos. Aen. 3.116Nec longō distant cursū;Nor are they a long voyage away; Aen. 3.116modo Iuppiter adsit,
tertia lūx classem Crētaeīs sistet in ōrīs.if only Jupiter is with us, the third dawn will set our fleet on the Cretan shores.' Aen. 3.118Sīc fātus, meritōs ārīs mactāvit honōrēs,
taurum Neptūnō, taurum tibi, pulcher Apollo
120nigram Hiemī pecudem, Zephyrīs fēlīcibus albam.So he spoke, and sacrificed on the altars the honours due: a bull to Neptune, a bull to you, fair Apollo, a black sheep to the Storm, a white one to the favouring Zephyrs.