tunc etiam vates Phoebo dilecta Polyxo (non patriam, non certa genus te, maxima Tethy, Proteaque ambiguum Phariis effatur ab antris huc rexisse vias iunctis super aequora phocis; saepe imis se condit aquis cunctataque paulum surgit ut auditas referens in gurgite voces) portum demus ait, fatis haec, credite, puppis advenit et melior Lemno deus aequore flexit huc Minyas; Venus ipsa volens dat corpora iungi, dum vires utero maternaque sufficit aetas.
Then too Polyxo, the priestess beloved of Phoebus (of uncertain race and country, she declares that thou, O mighty Tethys and the ever-changing Proteus steered their course thither from the Pharian caves, drawn by a team of seals across the waters; oft-times she hides in the depths and, tarrying awhile, rises again as one reporting words she had heard beneath the waters): Let us yield them the harbour, she cries. Oh trust me, it is destiny brings this ship, and the god that favours Lemnos has guided the Minyae hither across the sea; freely doth Venus herself grant us to mate with them, while our wombs have strength and our years are not past child-bearing.
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