Omens, prophesies, portents Flashcards
A sudden peal of thunder rang out … And a star fell from the sky …
…trailing a great torch of light in its course through the darkness
Let there be war between the nations…
And between their sons forever
A second Achilles is already born in Latium…
And he too is the son of a goddess
Once again the cause of all this….
Trojan suffering will be a foreign bride
The princess’ clear hair was blazing …
She was wrapped in smoke and a yellow glare
The whole sky seemed to be crashing down upon them…
With the blast of an Etruscan trumpet shrilling across the heavens
On the head of Aeneas…
There blazed a tongue of flame
It would have been wrong to unite my daughter with any of these who came to ask for her hand in the past.
It was forbidden by all the prophesies of gods and men
The flame seemed to lick his soft hair…
And feed round his forehead without harming him
