| Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 768 pages
...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.... | |
| Rutherford Aris - Mathematics - 1999 - 503 pages
...back, swung an arm out in a vatic gesture: Facilis decensus Averni: Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.6 5 We will keep y £ 4 so that (0, 1) is mapped onto itself. The figures have been redrawn from... | |
| Suzannah Clark, Alexander Rehding - Music - 2001 - 262 pages
...enact a homecoming, a Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Auerno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. Vergil, Aeaeid, Book VI, 126-9. In P. Verglius Maronis Opera, ed. RA 13. Mynors (Oxford: Oxford University... | |
| Martin M. Winkler Professor of Classics George Mason University - Social Science - 2001 - 366 pages
...Sibyl addresses to Aeneas as he prepares to undertake his great descent: facilis descensus Averno . . . sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. the way down to Hell is easy . . . but retracing your steps and getting back up to the upper air: there... | |
| Carlo Donà - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 640 pages
...SECONDA Dentro e fuori dall'altro mondo ...facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. Fauci, quos aequos amavit luppiter, aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, Di geniti potuere... Verg., Aen., VI,... | |
| Ernest William Hornung - Fiction - 2003 - 244 pages
...descent of Aeneas into the underworld through the cave of Avernus: Facilis descensus Averno; Nodes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: (The Gates of Hell stand open night and day); But to return,... | |
| Bilge Karasu - Fiction - 2003 - 272 pages
...disappear. Then I went upstairs to sleep. facilis descensus Averni; nodes atque dies patet atrijanua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. The descent to Avernus is easy; the gate of Pluto stands open night and day; but to retrace one's steps... | |
| Jon R. Stone - Foreign Language Study - 2005 - 422 pages
...right advice to the sick when we all are well. Were you in my place, you would feel otherwise (Terence) facilis descensus Averno (est), noctes atque dies...superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est: the desct nt to Avernus (hell) is easy; night and day the gate of gloomy Dis (Hades) stancs open; but... | |
| Emily R. Wilson - History - 2004 - 314 pages
...ùieAeneid, where the Sibyl says, facilis decensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Dios; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. The way down to Avernus is easy: both night and day the door of black Dis lies open — but to call... | |
| Matthew Bell - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 332 pages
...dich das weite Licht Des Tages. facilis desceiisus Averno: noctes arque dies parer arri ianua Diris; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. Virgil, Aeneid, VI, 126-9 Contents Acknowledgements page x List of abbreviations xii Introduction I... | |
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