 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.  Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis: accedunt clavis metrica, notulae Anglicae, et ... - Page 171by Virgil - 1829 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virgil - 1849 - 568 pages
...tenebat, Quum sic orsa locui vates : Sate sanguine divum, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno : Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; Sed revocare...evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. Pauci, quos aequus amavit Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, 130 Dis geniti potuere. Tenent media omnia... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1849 - 566 pages
...descending scale far easier to take than the next step in the ascending scale. " Facilis desccnsus Averno : Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis . Sed revocare...gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor eat." As long as there is a lower step that can be taken without abandoning the essential element of... | |
 | Virgil - 1849 - 610 pages
...sic orsa loqui vates : Sate sanguine divûm, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noeles atque dies patet atri janua Ditis : Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. Fauci, quos sequus amavit Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad sethera virtus, 130 Dis geniti,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Chivalry - 1913 - 972 pages
...thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely. No. 14. Page 265. Facilis descensus Averni ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; Sed revocare...superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. — Virgil. The descent of Avernus is easy; the gate of Pluto stands open night and day ; but to retrace... | |
 | Science - 614 pages
...and concealing nuclear explosions underground. CHORUS OF SPACE SCIENTISTS: Facilis descensus Averno Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras. Hoc opus hie labor est* ULFILAS: That must mean that it is more difficult to conceal testing up in space than underground.... | |
 | A. Rosenberg - History - 1982 - 302 pages
...texte nouveau, je ne veux point pousser la redite jusqu'au bout" (p. 1 1 7). NOTES TO CHAPTER FIVE Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, / Hoc opus hie labor est. - Virg. AEn. VI. / [engraved vignette with the device NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS] / A LA HAYE, /Chez T. JOHNSON.... | |
 | Iamblichus - Biography & Autobiography - 1986 - 280 pages
...generation. Hence the true meaning of the following celebrated lines in Virgil: facilis descensus Averno, Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis: Sed revocare...superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. The gates of Hell are open night and day, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way; But to return, and... | |
 | N. G. Cooper, Roger Eckhardt, Nancy Shera - Science - 1989 - 324 pages
...and concealing nuclear explosions underground. CHORUS OF SPACE SCIENTISTS: Facilis descensus Averno Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras. Hoc opus hie labor est* ULFILAS: That must mean that it is more difficult to conceal testing up in space than underground.... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - History - 1996 - 204 pages
...In the first place, then, when he says, • facilis descensus Averno. Noctes atque dies patet atra janua ditis : Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. Pauci quos aequus amavit Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, Dis geniti potuere. Tenent media omnia... | |
 | Umberto Curi - Philosophy - 1997 - 326 pages
...dell'Emide per molti aspetti collegato con l'epillio delle Georgiche: "[...] facilis descensus Averno - noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis - sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est" (vI, vv. 126-129). lizzare l'epopteia, 15° vanificando la stessa ragion d'essere di... | |
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