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Avernus

A volcanic lake near Cumae, reputed an entrance to the underworld; the Tyrrhenian tide is let into its straits, and a crash sounds there thrice when Eurydice is lost.

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The Georgics poetry · 2 mentions
The Aeneid poetry · 9 mentions

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