 | 1835 - 606 pages
...gloomy vale into which we had penetrated with so much ease ; it was literally Facilis desceoaus Averni, Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. In climbing this steep acclivity, which was covered to some depth with a coating of fine sand and yielding... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1852 - 348 pages
...Quum sic orsa loqui vates : " Sate sanguine divûm, " Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno; 126 " Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; " Sed revocare...evadere ad auras, " Hoc opus, hie labor est. Pauci, quos sequus amavit " Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad sethera virtus, 130 " Dts geniti potuere. Tenent media... | |
 | Baker Peter Smith - 1852 - 132 pages
...under God to instruct and comfort those who are in doubt." CHAPTER IV. -Facilis descensus Averni ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis : Sed revocare...superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est." — VIRGIL. " The gates of hell are open, night and day, Short the descent, and easy is the way : But,... | |
 | Science - 614 pages
...and concealing nuclear explosions underground. CHORUS OF SPACE SCIENTISTS: Facilis descensus Averno Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras. Hoc opus hie labor est* ULFILAS: That must mean that it is more difficult to conceal testing up in space than underground.... | |
 | A. Rosenberg - History - 1982 - 302 pages
...texte nouveau, je ne veux point pousser la redite jusqu'au bout" (p. 1 1 7). NOTES TO CHAPTER FIVE Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, / Hoc opus hie labor est. - Virg. AEn. VI. / [engraved vignette with the device NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS] / A LA HAYE, /Chez T. JOHNSON.... | |
 | Iamblichus - Biography & Autobiography - 1986 - 280 pages
...into the realms of generation. Hence the true meaning of the following celebrated lines in Virgil: facilis descensus Averno, Noctes atque dies patet...superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est. The gates of Hell are open night and day, Smooth the descent, and easy is the way; But to return, and... | |
 | N. G. Cooper, Roger Eckhardt, Nancy Shera - Science - 1989 - 324 pages
...and concealing nuclear explosions underground. CHORUS OF SPACE SCIENTISTS: Facilis descensus Averno Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras. Hoc opus hie labor est* ULFILAS: That must mean that it is more difficult to conceal testing up in space than underground.... | |
 | Umberto Curi - Philosophy - 1997 - 326 pages
...della Sibilla, in un passo dell'Emide per molti aspetti collegato con l'epillio delle Georgiche: "[...] facilis descensus Averno - noctes atque dies patet...revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est" (vI, vv. 126-129). lizzare l'epopteia, 15° vanificando la stessa ragion d'essere di... | |
 | Philip R. Hardie - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 412 pages
...to achieve true greatness (VI, 126-9): facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. Aeneas' road to greatness, his resolve to traverse Hades in search of his father, the Sibyl considers... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
