"Lupercal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the olden time to nymph Carmentis, she, The faithful seer, who first foretold what mighty men should be 340 AEneas' sons; how great a name from Pallanteum should come. Then the great grove that Romulus hallowed the fleer's home He showeth, and Lupercal set beneath the cliff acold, Called of Lycaean Pan in wise Parrhasia used of old. Thereafter Argiletum's grove he shows and bids it tell, A very witness, where and how the guesting Argus fell. Next, then, to the Tarpeian stead and Capitol ...
— The AEneids of Virgil - Done into English Verse • Virgil |
