VIRGIL: The Aneid, Book VI, Gate of Horn and Gate of IVory

1999-10-21 Thread Caroline Lee
In Book VI, Aeneaus descends to the underworld. At the end of Book VI, we are told that there are two gates through which dreams and ghosts ascend to the world above: true ones pass through the gates of horn, false ones through the gates of ivory. After his visit to the realm of the dead, we

Re: VIRGIL: The Aneid, Book VI, Gate of Horn and Gate of IVory

1999-10-21 Thread Hans Zimmermann
Caroline Lee schrieb: In Book VI, Aeneaus descends to the underworld. At the end of Book VI, we are told that there are two gates through which dreams and ghosts ascend to the world above: true ones pass through the gates of horn, false ones through the gates of ivory. After his visit to

Re: VIRGIL: The Aneid, Book VI, Gate of Horn and Gate of IVory

1999-10-21 Thread Simon Cauchi
In Book VI, Aeneaus descends to the underworld. At the end of Book VI, we are told that there are two gates through which dreams and ghosts ascend to the world above: true ones pass through the gates of horn, false ones through the gates of ivory. After his visit to the realm of the dead, we are