she recovered strength to speak she told AEneas that she had been
carried off from Troy by Pyrrhus, and that Pyrrhus had given her to
Helenus, after he himself had married Her-mi'o-ne, the daughter of the
famous Helen. She also told that on the death of Pyrrhus who had been
slain by O-res'tes, son of Agamemnon, part of his kingdom was given to
Helenus.

Meanwhile king Helenus having heard of the arrival of the Trojans came
out from the city to meet them, accompanied by a numerous train of
attendants. He affectionately greeted AEneas and his companions, and
invited them to his palace, where he hospitably entertained them during
their stay. Helenus, besides being a king and the son of a
king, was a famous soothsayer, so AEneas begged him to exercise his
powers of prophecy on behalf of himself and his people. Helenus
readily complied with the request. After offering the usual sacrifices
to the gods, he told the Trojan chief that he had yet a long voyage to
make before reaching his destination, that the place in which he
should found his new kingdom was on the banks of a river, and that he
would know it by finding there a white sow, with a litter of thirty
young ones.

"In the shady shelter of a wood,
And near the margin of a gentle flood,
Thou shalt behold a sow upon the ground,
With thirty sucking young encompassed round
(The dam and offspring white as falling snow);
These on thy city shall their name bestow;
And there shall end thy labors and thy woe."
DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK III.