Aeneid

Virgil

Vergil. The Aeneid of Virgil. Williams, Theodore, C, translator. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910.

  1. Here Cerberus, with triple-throated roar,
  2. Made all the region ring, as there he lay
  3. At vast length in his cave. The Sibyl then,
  4. Seeing the serpents writhe around his neck,
  5. Threw down a loaf with honeyed herbs imbued
  6. And drowsy essences: he, ravenous,
  7. Gaped wide his three fierce mouths and snatched the bait,
  8. Crouched with his large backs loose upon the ground,
  9. And filled his cavern floor from end to end.
  10. Aeneas through hell's portal moved, while sleep
  11. Its warder buried; then he fled that shore
  12. Of Stygian stream, whence travellers ne'er return.