by Homer
Odyssey, Book 9, lines 536-564
Archives: Poems
Aeneid Book 6, lines 236 - 268
The journey to Hades begins
by Virgil
His actis propere exsequitur praecepta Sibyllae
Aeneas and the Sybil take the road for the underworld
Elegies, Book 4.8
The last of Cynthia!
by Propertius
disce, quid Esquilias hac nocte fugarit aquosas
Propertius and Cynthia's final reconciliation
Elegies, Book 4.7
The last of Cynthia?
Elegies, Book 1.16
The lover’s complaint to the door
Metamorphoses Book 11, Lines 100 - 128
The Midas touch
Georgics Book 4, lines 149 - 190
The natural history of bees
Odyssey Book 1, lines 1-10
The Odyssey begins
Odyssey Book 9 , lines 250-335
The Ordeal in the Cave
Odes 1.18
The pleasures and dangers of wine
by Horace
Roman Elegies XI
The Poet’s study
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.