Iamque haud procul oraculi sede aberant, cum complures corvi agmini occurrunt; modico volatu prima signa antecedentes, modo humi residebant, cum lentius agmen incederet, modo se pennis levabant ducentium iterque monstrantium ritu.
And now they were not far from the abode of the oracle, when a great flock of ravens met the army; flying at a moderate speed before the van, they now lighted on the ground when the line advanced more slowly, now raised themselves on their wings, as if acting as guides and showing the way.
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