Book 9.638-648
In the heavens, Apollo sees Ascanius and congratulates him. He travels down to earth and changes himself into Butes, the armor bearer of Anchises.
Aetheria tum forte plaga crinitus Apollo
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desuper Ausonias acies urbemque videbat,
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nube sedens, atque his victorem adfatur Iulum:
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“Macte nova virtute, puer: sic itur ad astra,
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dis genite et geniture deos. Iure omnia Bella
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gente sub Assaraci fato ventura resident,
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nec te Troia capit.” Simul haec effatus ab alto
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aethere se misit, spirantis dimovet auras
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Ascaniumque petit. Forma tum vertitur oris
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antiquum in Buten; hic Dardanio Anchisae
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armiger ante fuit fidusque ad limina custos,
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