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    P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. John Dryden)

    Editions and translations: English (ed. John Dryden) | English (ed. Theodore C. Williams) | Latin (ed. J. B. Greenough)
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    These rites perform'd, the prince, without delay,
    Hastes to the nether world his destin'd way.
    Deep was the cave; and, downward as it went
    From the wide mouth, a rocky rough descent;
    And here th' access a gloomy grove defends,
    And there th' unnavigable lake extends,
    O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light,
    No bird presumes to steer his airy flight;
    Such deadly stenches from the depths arise,
    And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies.
    From hence the Grecian bards their legends make,
    And give the name Avernus to the lake.
    Four sable bullocks, in the yoke untaught,
    For sacrifice the pious hero brought.
    The priestess pours the wine betwixt their horns;
    Then cuts the curling hair; that first oblation burns,
    Invoking Hecate hither to repair:
    A pow'rful name in hell and upper air.
    The sacred priests with ready knives bereave
    The beasts of life, and in full bowls receive
    The streaming blood: a lamb to Hell and Night
    (The sable wool without a streak of white)
    Aeneas offers; and, by fate's decree,
    A barren heifer, Proserpine, to thee,
    With holocausts he Pluto's altar fills;
    Sev'n brawny bulls with his own hand he kills;
    Then on the broiling entrails oil he pours;
    Which, ointed thus, the raging flame devours.
    Late the nocturnal sacrifice begun,
    Nor ended till the next returning sun.
    Then earth began to bellow, trees to dance,
    And howling dogs in glimm'ring light advance,
    Ere Hecate came. “Far hence be souls profane!”
    The Sibyl cried, “and from the grove abstain!
    Now, Trojan, take the way thy fates afford;
    Assume thy courage, and unsheathe thy sword.”
    She said, and pass'd along the gloomy space;
    The prince pursued her steps with equal pace.


    There are a total of 2 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
    4, 426 [Book 4 (d)]

    Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
    troiae-ludus [Troiae Ludus]

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    Vergil. Aeneid. John Dryden. trans. XXX. XXX. XXX.


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