hic Helenus, caesis primum de more iuvencis, exorat pacem divum vittasque resolvit sacrati capitis meque ad tua limina, Phoebe, ipse manu multo suspensum numine ducit, atque haec deinde canit divino ex ore sacerdos:
Then Helenus, first sacrificing steers in due form, craves the grace of heaven and unbinds the fillets of his hallowed brow; with his own hand he leads me to your gates, Phoebus, thrilled with your full presence, and then with a priests inspired lips thus prophesies: