Then sire AEneas from the stern outheld A branch of olive, and bespake him fair: "Troy's sons ye see, by Latin pride expelled.
'Gainst Latin enemies these arms we bear.
We seek Evander.

Go, the news declare: Choice Dardan chiefs his friendship come to claim.
His aid we ask for, and his arms would share." He ceased, and wonder and amazement came On Pallas, struck with awe to hear the mighty name.
XVII.

"Whoe'er thou art, hail, stranger," he replied, "Step forth, and to my father tell thy quest, And take the welcome that true hearts provide." Forth as he leaped, the Dardan's hand he pressed, And, pressing, held it, and embraced his guest.
So from the river through the grove they fare, And reach the place, where, feasting with the rest, They find Evander.

Him with speeches fair AEneas hails, and hastes his errand to declare.
XVIII.

"O best of Greeks, whom thus with olive bough Hath Fortune willed me to entreat; yet so I shunned thee not, albeit Arcadian thou, A Danaan leader, in whose veins doth flow The blood of Atreus, and my country's foe.
My conscious worth, our ties of ancestry, Thy fame, which rumour through the world doth blow, And Heaven's own oracles, by Fate's decree, My willing steps have led, and link my heart, to thee.
XIX.