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+"cum sic orsa loqui vates: 'sate sanguine divum, "
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<CENTER>Read the Sibyl's ominous comments about katabasis (the journey to the underworld) in <i>Aeneid</i> 6.124-36.<BR>
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<CENTER>To read the Sibyl's instructions concerning the Golden Bough, click <A 
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