Scipio, perlustrans oculis laetantibus umbram, si nunc fata darent, ut Romula facta per orbem hic caneret vates, quanto maiora futuros facta eadem intrarent hoc, inquit, teste nepotes! felix Aeacide, cui tali contigit ore gentibus ostendi! crevit tua carmine virtus.
Scipio gazed with joyful eyes at the ghost of Homer and said: If Fate would suffer this poet now to sing of Roman achievements, for all the world to hear, how much deeper an impression the same deeds would make upon posterity, if Homer testified to them! How fortunate was Achilles, when such a poet displayed him to the world! The hero was made greater by the poets verse.
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