 Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.  Aeneide - Page 205by Virgil - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Jon R. Stone - Foreign Language Study - 2005 - 422 pages
...you would feel otherwise (Terence) facilis descensus Averno (est), noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; sed revocare gradum 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... | |
 | Catherine Bel, Pascale Dumont, Frank Willaert - History - 2006 - 998 pages
...Ovide, est largement utilisé par l'auteur de l' Ovide moralisé. De ces vers de l' Enéide: [...] facilis descensus Averno; noctes atque dies patet...revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est. Pauci, quos aequos amavit luppiter aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, dis geniti potuere.... | |
 | Virgil - Education - 2006 - 1182 pages
...Sate sanguine divum, Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno : Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras,...Hoc opus, hie labor est. Pauci, quos aequus amavit 130 Juppiter aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, Dis geniti potuere. Tenent media omnia silvae Cocytusque... | |
 | E.L. Risden - History - 2006 - 224 pages
...picture of the netherworld is evocative of Vergil's description of hell: ...facilis descensus Averno: sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras. hoc opus, hie labor est... ...tenent media omnia silvae, Cocytosque sinu labens circumvenit atro [Aeneid. 6.126-32]. Further,... | |
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