Calcidese
settlers are at sea, searching for a new country; the white dove that suddenly
appears indicates a route. Following the dove brings them to Cuma. A
sound of cymbals, coming from afar, is heard by those on board the ships.
It can only come
from a nearby land and so the Greek settlers sail towards the sound until they
reach Cuma; this is the story told by Velleio Patercolo and Stazio of how Apollo
guided the Calcidese settlers to Cuma.
Cuma
– from G.C. Capaccio: Anonymous – XV11 century