iamque ipsi colles, ipsa has (quis credat?) amabant armenta, atque ausae circum mugire iuvencae; quippe nihil grassata fames: manus obvia pascit, exceptantque cibos fusoque horrenda supinant ora mero, vaga rure quies; si quando benigno urbem iniere gradu, domus omnis et omnia sacris templa calent, ipsumque fides intrasse Lyaeum.
And now the very hills, the very herds (who would believe it?) loved them and heifers dared to low around them. For no hunger made them murderous; hands come to feed them, and they take their victuals, wine is poured and they bend back their fearsome heads. Quietly they roam over the countryside and if ever they enter a town with kindly tread, every house and all the temples warm with sacrifice, Lyaeus himself is believed to have come in.
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