does fortune reserve for us? The seventh year since the destruction of
Troy has already passed, and yet, after having wandered over so many
lands and seas, we still pursue an ever-fleeing Italy; and we are
tossed on the waves. Why should we not settle here in Sicily? Come
then and let us burn those cursed ships. For in my sleep the
prophetess Cassandra seemed to present me with flaming brands and to
say, 'Seek here for a new Troy, here is your home.' Therefore let
there be no further delay. Now is the time for action."

With these words she seized a brand from a fire on an altar close by,
and hurled it towards the ships. But at this point one of the women,
Pyr'go by name, who had just then joined the party, discovered that it
was not Beroe who had been speaking, for she recognized in the eyes
and voice and gait, the resemblance of a goddess.

"No Beroe, matrons, have you here,
See, breathing in her face appear
Signs of celestial life;
Observe her eyes, how bright they shine;
Mien, accent, walk are all divine.
Beroe herself I left but now
Sick and outworn, with clouded brow,
That she alone should fail to pay
Due reverence to Anchises' day."
CONINGTON, _AEneid_, BOOK V

As Pyrgo ceased speaking, Iris, assuming her own form, mounted into
the sky. Then the Trojan women, astonished at what they had seen, and
excited almost to madness, cried out with a loud voice, and, seizing
brands from the altars, they rushed to the ships.