 Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.  Six Books of the Æneid [of Virgil.] - Page 117by Virgil - 1882Full view - About this book
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.,... | |
 | Jon R. Stone - Foreign Language Study - 2005 - 422 pages
...are well. Were you in my place, you would feel otherwise (Terence) facilis descensus Averno (est), noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis; sed revocare...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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...summo. Talibus orabat dictis arasque tenebat, 125 Cum sic orsa loqui vates : « Sate sanguine divum, Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno : Noctes...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... | |
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