to Hersilia, along her bending path; and thus
to convey to the bereft {wife} her commands:--

"O matron, the especial glory of the Latian and of the Sabine race; thou
woman, most worthy to have been before the wife of a hero so great,
{and} now of Quirinus; cease thy weeping, and if thou hast a wish to see
thy husband, under my guidance repair to the grove which flourishes on
the hill of Quirinus, and overshadows the temple of the Roman king."
Iris obeys, and gliding down to earth along her tinted bow, she
addressed Hersilia in the words enjoined. She, with a modest
countenance, hardly raising her eyes, replies, "O Goddess, (for {though}
it is not in my power to say who thou art, {yet}, still it is clear that
thou art a Goddess), lead me, O lead me on, and present to me the
features of my husband. If the Fates should but allow me to be enabled
once to behold these, I will confess that I have beheld Heaven."

There was no delay; with the virgin daughter of Thaumas she ascended the
hill of Romulus. There, a star falling from the skies, fell upon the
earth; the hair of Hersilia set on fire from the blaze of this, ascended
with the star to the skies. The founder of the Roman city received her
with his well-known hands; and, together with her body, he changed her
former name; and he called her Ora; which Goddess is still united to
Quirmus.

[Footnote 56: _Ancient Teucer._--Ver. 698. When Teucer returned
home after the Trojan war, his father Telamon banished him, for
not having revenged the death of his brother Ajax, which was
imputed to Ulysses, as having been the occasion of it, by
depriving him of the armour of Achilles. Thus exiled, he fled to
Cyprus, where he founded the city of Salamis.]

[Footnote 57: _Norican fire._--Ver. 712. Noricum was a district of
Germany, between the Danube and the Alps. It is still famous for
its excellent steel; the goodness of which, Pliny attributes
partly to the superior quality of the ore, and partly to the
temperature of the climate.]

[Footnote 58: _She was preceding._--Ver. 746. It was customary for
the relations, both male and female, to attend the body to the
tomb or the funeral pile. Among the Greeks, the male relatives
walked in front of the body, preceded by the head mourners, while
the female relations walked behind. Among the Romans, all the
relations walked behind the corpse; the males having their heads