. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . ViRGii, READING TO Augustus and Octavia. The Descent oe Avernus. In one of the most famous passages of the JEneid Virgil contrastsin a few lines the easy descent of Avernus with thedifficulty of has thus been translated by Prof. J. Conington. The journey down to the abyss Is prosperous and light;The palace-gates of gloomy Dis [Pluto] Stand open day and night ;But upward to retrace the wayAnd pass into the light of comes the stress of labor; this May task a heros Horace, the second in fam
. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . ViRGii, READING TO Augustus and Octavia. The Descent oe Avernus. In one of the most famous passages of the JEneid Virgil contrastsin a few lines the easy descent of Avernus with thedifficulty of has thus been translated by Prof. J. Conington. The journey down to the abyss Is prosperous and light;The palace-gates of gloomy Dis [Pluto] Stand open day and night ;But upward to retrace the wayAnd pass into the light of comes the stress of labor; this May task a heros Horace, the second in fame of thepoets of the Augustan age, was the sonof a freedman who had acquired amodest competence. His full namewas Ouintus Horatius Flaccus. He was born in 65 , at Venusia, on the border of father, not satisfied with the educational resources of theVenusian school, took him to Rome and placed him withOrbilius, whom Horace has immortalized fbr his propensityto flog the boys. From Rome he proceeded to Athens forfurther study, and, after the assassination of Julius Caesar,joined the army of Brutus in Macedonia. He was present atthe battle of Philippi, where he sportively says he threw downhis shield and sought safety in flight. The fortunes of wardeprived him of his home, and, his father being dead, auda-cious poverty drove him to write verses. Through Variusand Virgil he was introduced to Msecenas at the age oftwenty-seven, and henceforth his position as a court poet wasassured. Not a few of Horaces best traits are due to theinfluence of his patron
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