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The Aeneid by Virgil
translated by Theodore C. Williams
Book VI Chapter 11: Song of the Sibyl
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Ye gods! who rule the spirits of the dead!
Ye voiceless shades and silent lands of night!
O Phlegethon! O Chaos! let my song,
If it be lawful, in fit words declare
What I [Note 1] have heard; and by your help divine
Unfold what hidden things enshrouded lie
In that dark underworld of sightless gloom.

Note 1: I = Deiphobe

Event: Aeneas visits the Underworld

264-267
Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes
et Chaos et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late,
sit mihi fas audita loqui, sit numine uestro
pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas.