The chief betakes him to the fleet,
Well pleased again his crew to meet.
CONINGTON, _AEneid_, BOOK VI.



VI. AENEAS ARRIVES IN LATIUM--WELCOMED BY KING LATINUS.

The object of his visit to the Sibyl being accomplished, the Trojan
chief set sail and steered along the coast in the direction of the
promised land. But soon again he had occasion to put ashore. His
nurse, Ca-i-e'ta, having died shortly after the departure of the fleet
from Cumae, he desired to give funeral honors to her remains. This
duty performed, he named the place (modern Gaeta) in memory of his
faithful and attached old servant.

And thou, O matron of immortal fame!
Here dying, to the shore hast left thy name;
Gaieta still the place is called from thee,
The nurse of great AEneas' infancy.
Here rest thy bones in rich Hesperia's plains;
Thy name ('tis all a ghost can have) remains.
DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK VII.

Again resuming their voyage they came near an island where dwelt the
sorceress, Cir'ce, who by her enchantments changed men into beasts. As
they passed the island the Trojans heard with horror the roaring of
lions and the howling of wolves, once human beings, but transformed by
the cruel goddess into the shape of those savage animals. Aided,
however, by favorable winds sent by the friendly Neptune, they sped