regna Neoptolemi referam versosque penatis Idomenei? Libycone habitantis litore Locros? invidisse deos, patriis ut redditus aris coniugium optatum et pulchram Calydona viderem? nunc etiam horribili visu portenta sequuntur et socii amissi petierunt aethera pennis fluminibusque vagantur aves (heu, dira meorum supplicia!) et scopulos lacrimosis vocibus implent.
Need I tell of the realm of Neoptolemus and the home of Idomeneus overthrown, or of the Locrians who dwell on Libyas shore? To think that the gods begrudged me return to my countrys altars, and sight of the wife I long for, and lovely Calydon! Even now portents of dreadful view pursue me; my lost comrades have winged their way to the sky or haunt the streams as birds'alas, the dire punishment of my people!'and fill the cliffs with their tearful cries.