'Suspensi Eurypylum scitantem oracula Phoebi / mittimus; isque adytis haec tristia dicta reportat: / "Sanguine placastis ventos et virgine caesa, / cum primum Iliacas Danai venistis ad oras; / sanguine quaerendi reditus, animaque litandum / Argolica."'
"In doubt, we bade Eurypylus explore / Apollo's oracle, and back he brought / the dismal news: With blood, a maiden's gore, / ye stilled the winds, when Trojan shores ye sought. / With blood again must your return be bought; / an Argive victim doth the God demand."