Lavinia

Children of that stock Will see all earth turned Latin at their feet, Governed by them, as far as on his rounds The Sun looks down on Ocean, East or West.

No one could hold that sight Anything but hair-raising, marvelous, And it was read by seers to mean the girl Would have renown and glorious days to come, But that she brought a great war on her people.

"[5] Not long after the dream oracle and the prophetic moment, Aeneas sends emissaries bearing several gifts for King Latinus.

King Latinus recognizes Aeneas as the destined one: "I have a daughter, whom the oracles Of Father's shrine and warning signs from heaven Keep me from pledging to a native here.

She is documented in De Mulieribus Claris, a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in 1361–62.