by Virgil
Hic, quibus invisi fratres, dum vita manebat
Crime and punishment in the underworld
Aeneid Book 6, lines 608 - 627
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Aeneid Book 6, lines 637 - 659
Aeneas reaches the Elysian Fields
by Virgil
His demum exactis, perfecto munere divae
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl reach the Elysian Fields.
Aeneid Book 6, lines 788 - 805
Aeneas’s vision of Augustus
by Virgil
huc geminas nunc flecte acies, hanc aspice gentem
Aeneas's father sings the praises of the future Emperor Augustus.
Aeneid Book 6, lines 860 - 886
Aeneas sees Marcellus, Augustus’s tragic heir
Aeneid Book 6, lines 886 - 901
The portals of sleep
by Virgil
Sic tota passim regione vagantur
Aeneas returns to the upper Earth through the gates of sleep.
Aeneid Book 7, lines 54- 78
Omens for Princess Lavinia
Aeneid Book 7, lines 116- 147
Aeneas arrives in Italy
by Virgil
"heus, etiam menses consumimus!", inquit Iulus
The Harpy's prophecy is harmlessly fulfilled
Aeneid Book 7, Lines 166 - 193
In King Latinus’s hall
by Virgil
Cum praevectus equo longaevi regis ad auris
King Latinus awaits the Trojan envoys in his ancestral hall
Aeneid Book 7, Lines 249 - 273
King Latinus grants the Trojans’ request
by Virgil
Talibus Ilionei dictis defixa Latinus
King Latinus grants Aeneas's request to settle in Italy, and makes an offer.