place
Erebus
The dark of the underworld; from its deepest seats the thin shades come at Orpheus's song.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §4.26 Erebus
The dark underworld; Dido would rather be hurled there than break her faith.
- The Aeneid §6.247 Erebus
The dark of the underworld, named with Heaven as the sphere of Hecate's power.
- The Georgics §4.471 Erebus
The dark of the underworld, from whose depths the shades come at Orpheus's song.