place
Tartarus
The deepest pit of the underworld; the winter-oak's root reaches as far toward it as its crown toward heaven.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §4.446 Tartarus
The abyss of the underworld; the simile's oak reaches as deep toward it as its crown rises.
- The Aeneid §6.544 Tartarus
The pit of the damned, the left-hand road, where the wicked pay their penalties.
- The Aeneid §8.563 Tartarus
Tartarus, the deep place of the dead, to which Evander sent King Erulus.
- The Aeneid §12.15 Tartarus
The deep place of the dead, to which Turnus would send Aeneas.
- The Georgics §1.36 Tartarus
The deepest pit of the dead; the underworld's lowest region.