Æneas ended. Long ere this the other’s eye was scanning the speaker’s countenance and eyes, and surveying his whole frame. Then he returns in brief: “With what joy, bravest of the Teucrians, do I welcome and acknowledge 30 ye! how well I call to mind the words, the voice, the look of your sire, the great Anchises! For I remember how Priam, son of Laomedon, journeying to Salamis, to see the kingdom of his sister Hesione, went on to visit the chill frontier of Arcadia. In those days the first 35 bloom of youth was clothing my cheeks. I admired the Teucrian leaders, I admired Laomedon’s royal son; but Anchises’ port was nobler than all. My mind kindled with a youth’s ardour to accost one so great, and exchange the grasp of the hand. I made my approach, and eagerly conducted him to the walls of Pheneus.[252] On leaving he gave me a beauteous quiver with Lycian arrows, and a scarf embroidered with gold, and two bridles which my 5 Pallas has now, all golden. So now I both plight you here with the hand you ask, and soon as to-morrow’s light shall restore to the earth its blessing, I will send you back rejoicing in an armed succour, and reënforced with stores. Meanwhile, since you are arrived here as my friends, join 10 in gladly solemnizing with us this our yearly celebration, which it were sin to postpone, and accustom yourselves thus early to the hospitalities of your new allies.” This said, he bids set on again the viands and the cups, erewhile removed, and himself places the warriors on a 15 seat of turf, welcoming Æneas in especial grace with the heaped cushion of a shaggy lion’s hide, and bidding him occupy a throne of maple wood. Then chosen youths and the priest of the altar with emulous zeal bring in the roasted carcases of bulls, pile up in baskets the gifts of 20 the corn-goddess prepared by art, and serve the wine-god round. Æneas and the warriors of Troy with him regale themselves on a bull’s long chine[o] and on sacrificial entrails.