In today’s post, Aeneas learns what he must do to gain entry to the underworld to see his dead father. Hear the Latin and follow in English here and see the blog post with a painting by Turner here.
Aeneas is told by the Cumaean Sybil that the way to the underworld can be opened to him only if he finds a golden bough, sacred to Proserpina, Queen of the underworld, and takes it with him as an offering. The illustration shows the golden bough as imagined by JMW Turner. Hear the Latin and follow the English translation here.