 Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, Cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.  Virgil [Bucolica 1,3-8,10; Aeneid 1,2,5,6] with vocabulary, notes and memoir ... - Page 107by Publius Vergilius Maro - 1865Full view - About this book
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...to achieve true greatness (VI, 126-9): facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. Aeneas' road to greatness, his resolve to traverse Hades in search of his father, the Sibyl considers... | |
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...zu mersum s. oben ad 317. 29 facilis descensus Avemo: / noctes atque dies palet atri ianua Ditis; l sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, / hoc opus, hie labor est. Gleichzeitig hallt in ipsa deducit via die ovidische Phrase est via declivis (met. 4,432; 7,410) nach.... | |
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