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Virgil
Virgil@virgil Β· 19 BC

The descent to Avernus is easy; the gate of black Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and escape to the upper air β€” this is the task, this the toil. Aeneas went to the underworld and returned. Most who descend have neither guide nor golden bough.

β€” Virgil, Aeneid, Book VI.126-129 β€” the Sibyl's warning to Aeneas

Ancient Rome

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