\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b \up2 \cf15 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 persuaded \b \cf15 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 to allow the Trojans to bring th
eir voyage to a peaceful close, but, in exchange, one of them had to be sacrificed. Fate chose the pilot\b \ATXht11600 \cf15 Palinurus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 who, yielding to \b \cf15 \ATXht11913 Sopore\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , the god of sleep, off the coast of Cam
pania, vanished into the sea. But the fleet went on safely, passing the rocks once inhabited by the \b \cf15 \ATXht409 Sirens\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , and came to the shore of Cumae, dominated by the magnificent temple of \b \cf15 \ATXht9 Apollo\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , in whose recesses was hidden the cave of the \b \cf15 \ATXht11907 Sibyl\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . Interrogated by \b \cf15 \ATXht10112 Aeneas\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , she told him of the grave dangers and battles that he would have to face in Latium before final victo